Basketball Recap: Rains Proves Higher State Rank Is No Mistake

It was a proper cat-fight when Rains duked it out withNeches on Friday. The Rains Wildcats came out on top against the Neches Tigers by a score of 52-40. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Tigers are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Wildcats

Previous 2 Games

12/27/24 vs Neches	52-40
12/26/24 @ Timpson	57-27

The victory made it two in a row for Rains and bumps their season record up to 18-3. As for Neches, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.

Rains has already played their next match, a 50-46 win against Lipan on the 27th. As for Neches, they will head out to square off against Grapeland at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.