The Olympia Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the El Paso-Gridley Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Thursday, Olympia was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 33-28 to PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central. While losing is never fun, Olympia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 168th, while PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central is ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, things could have been worse for El Paso-Gridley, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 55-41 loss to Fieldcrest on Saturday.
This is the second loss in a row for Olympia and nudges their season record down to 13-10. As for El Paso-Gridley, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-8.
Olympia strolled past El Paso-Gridley in their previous meeting back in December of 2022 by a score of 57-41. Does Olympia have another victory up their sleeve, or will El Paso-Gridley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
