A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Newark Wildcats take on the Pickerington Central Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday... Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Friday, everything went Newark's way against Canal Winchester as Newark made off with a 60-37 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Indians are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pickerington Central waltzed into their match on Friday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 62-19 victory over the Golden Gales.
Pickerington Central pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.7 points per game. As for Newark, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Newark suffered a grim 59-37 defeat to Pickerington Central in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Newark avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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