Basketball Game Preview: Penn Yan Academy Mustangs vs. Midlakes Screaming Eagles

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Previous Games

01/10/25 - Home	41-49 L
12/12/23 - Home	41-57 L
01/02/23 - Away	67-40 W
12/02/22 - Home	57-66 L
01/11/22 - Away	59-61 L
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Penn Yan Academy and Midlakes are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Penn Yan Academy Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the Midlakes Screaming Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Penn Yan Academy and seven for Midlakes.

Last Friday, Penn Yan Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 73-67 to Geneva. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (57), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Midlakes came up short against Geneva on Wednesday, falling 61-36. While losing is never fun, the Screaming Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 635th, while the Panthers are ranked 168th).

Penn Yan Academy's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Midlakes, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-14.

Penn Yan Academy came up short against Midlakes in their previous matchup back in January, falling 49-41. Can Penn Yan Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.