Maine East and Highland Park are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Maine East Blue Demons will challenge the Highland Park Giants at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Maine East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Highland Park will come in with three straight victories.
Maine East came up into this matchup off a tough 30-point defeat on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Grayslake Central by a score of 55-53 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Blue Demons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 461st, while the Rams are ranked 191st).
Meanwhile, Highland Park didn't have too much trouble with Lake View on Saturday as they won 53-38.
Highland Park pushed their record up to 12-6 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for Maine East, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Maine East came up short against Highland Park when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 54-43. Can Maine East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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