Basketball Game Preview: Lakeview Honkers vs. La Pine Hawks

The Lakeview Honkers and the La Pine Hawks will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 46-18, which was the final score in Lakeview's tilt against Burns on Saturday. The matchup marked the Honkers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Meanwhile, La Pine was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They received a blow as they fell 45-29 to Butte Valley.

Lakeview's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-6. As for La Pine, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.

Things could have been worse for Lakeview, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 48-33 loss to La Pine when the teams last played back in December of 2015. Can Lakeview avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.