The Whitehall-Yearling Rams will venture away from home to square off against the Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Last Monday, Whitehall-Yearling lost to Granville on the road by a 62-48 margin. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Johnstown-Monroe came up short against Margaretta on Saturday and fell 59-50. While losing is never fun, the Johnnies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 305th, while the Polar Bears are ranked 18th).
Johnstown-Monroe's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Whitehall-Yearling, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-6.
Whitehall-Yearling came out on top in a nail-biter against Johnstown-Monroe when the teams last played back in December of 2020, sneaking past 54-51. Will Whitehall-Yearling repeat their success, or does Johnstown-Monroe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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