Basketball Game Preview: Garfield-Palouse Vikings vs. Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves

The Garfield-Palouse Vikings will square off against the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Garfield-Palouse came up short against Almira-Coulee-Hartline on Tuesday, falling 76-51.

Meanwhile, Tekoa-Rosalia was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 56-35 to Pomeroy. The Timberwolves were down 41-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Tekoa-Rosalia's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Garfield-Palouse, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5.

Everything came up roses for Garfield-Palouse against Tekoa-Rosalia in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 61-16 victory. Will Garfield-Palouse repeat their success, or does Tekoa-Rosalia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.