Basketball Game Preview: Heritage Timberwolves vs. Kelso Hilanders

Heritage is 1-9 against Kelso since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Heritage Timberwolves will face off against the Kelso Hilanders at 7:00 p.m.

On Monday, Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Elma and fell 52-49.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kelso). They blew past Hockinson 73-27 on Monday. Given the Hilanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Hawks are ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Kelso moved to 6-8 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Heritage, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.

Heritage was dealt a bruising 53-26 loss at the hands of Kelso in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.