A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Panthers challenge the Bobcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Manchester has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with six straight losses, while Norwayne will come in with 13 straight victories.
Last Wednesday, Manchester was beaten by Tuslaw 63-17. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 731st, while the Mustangs are ranked 193rd).
Meanwhile, Norwayne strolled past Crestwood with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 59-40. The Bobcats pushed the score to 50-25 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
Norwayne pushed their record up to 19-3 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points over those games. As for Manchester, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-20.
Manchester couldn't quite finish off Norwayne in their previous meeting back in November of 2021 and fell 37-34. Can Manchester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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