After three games on the road, St. Joseph Central Catholic is heading back home. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph Central Catholic will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 683rd, while Hopewell-Loudon is ranked 145th).
Last Tuesday, things could have been worse for St. Joseph Central Catholic, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 56-37 loss to Gibsonburg.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Hopewell-Loudon ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They secured a 62-56 W over Old Fort. Winning may never get old, but Hopewell-Loudon sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
St. Joseph Central Catholic now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Hopewell-Loudon, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
St. Joseph Central Catholic was dealt a bruising 70-31 defeat at the hands of Hopewell-Loudon in their previous meeting back in February. Will St. Joseph Central Catholic have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.