The Chippewa Chipps will take on the Dalton Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Chippewa will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 65) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Streetsboro 47-45. The win was all the more spectacular given the Chipps' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Rockets are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, Dalton took their contest on Thursday with ease, bagging a 59-21 victory over Hillsdale.
Dalton is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.5 points per game. As for Chippewa, they pushed their record up to 6-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Everything came up roses for Chippewa against Dalton in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 58-30 victory. In that game, Chippewa amassed a halftime lead of 38-11, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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