Basketball Recap: Lincoln-Way West Proves Higher State Rank Is No Mistake

Lincoln-Way West won the last time they faced Stagg and things went their way on Friday too. The Lincoln-Way West Warriors took down the Stagg Chargers 57-40. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Chargers are ranked 591st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Lincoln-Way West is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season. As for Stagg, they are on a 21-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-20.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lincoln-Way West has already played their next matchup (against Lincoln-Way Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Stagg has also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Bradley-Bourbonnais.