The Hokes Bluff Eagles are on the road again on Friday and plays the Plainview Bears at 6:00 p.m. on February 9th. Hokes Bluff will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while Plainview is ranked 27th).
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hokes Bluff can now relate to. They fell to the Yellowjackets 52-46.
Meanwhile, Plainview stacked a 24th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They breezed by Sylvania at home to the tune of 66-25. The win was familiar territory for Plainview who now have three in a row.
Hokes Bluff has not been sharp recently as the team's lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season. As for Plainview, they pushed their record up to 27-5 with that victory, which was their 14th straight at home.
Hokes Bluff might still be hurting after the 51-26 defeat they got from Plainview in their previous matchup back in February of 2021. Can Hokes Bluff avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
