Basketball Recap: Viola Comes Up Short

Viola lost against West Side back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Viola Longhorns lost 69-45 to the West Side Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Eagles are ranked 15th).

Viola now has a losing record at 11-12. As for West Side, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 26-3.

Viola has already played their next match, a 50-38 win against Calico Rock on the 28th. West Side has also already played their next contest (against Concord), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.