Will Salem Stop Cedar Shoals’ Winning Streak?

By Jane Mo

Cedar Shoals High School Basketball team is playing tonight at Salem High School at 7:30 PM.

STATS:
Cedar Shoals is currently 20-2 and 10-1 in region play, while Salem is 13-7 but 7-3 in region play.
Cedar Shoals last played Salem on January 8th at home court and won by 20 points.

CHALLENGES FACING CEDAR SHOALS:
Salem has a height advantage over Cedar Shoals. They have 4 players measured at  6’5″ and above, but Cedar Shoals’ tallest player is 6’3″.
This game will also take place in Conyers, GA, an away game for the Cedar Shoals Jaguars. Salem also has a perfect home record of 5-0.

Coach L’Dreco Thomas has been preparing his players for tonight.

“I’m trying to paint them an atmosphere of how it’s going to be when we get there tonight. It’s going to be a hostile environment, but we’re going to just have to play and lock all that out,” Coach Thomas said.

Cedar Shoals can continue their 9 game win streak if they defeat the Salem Seminoles tonight.