Pettus is 1-8 against Three Rivers since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Pettus Eagles will square off against the Three Rivers Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. Pettus will be strutting in after a win while Three Rivers will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with nine losses in a row, Pettus turned things around against Woodsboro on Tuesday. They managed a 53-49 victory over the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Three Rivers was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a blow against Skidmore-Tynan, falling 53-13. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1240th, while the Bobcats are ranked 558th).
Three Rivers' loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Pettus, their win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 6-12.
Pettus took a serious blow against Three Rivers when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 70-13. Can Pettus avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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