Eastside and Newberry are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Eastside Rams will head out to face off against the Newberry Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Eastside has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight losses, while Newberry will come in with 11 straight wins.
Eastside's tournament run continued when they took on Eustis on Saturday. Eastside fell to Eustis 38-34. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 493rd, while the Panthers are ranked 97th).
Despite the defeat, Eastside saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Jai'Vion Williams posted four points and eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of LeMarion Houston, who had six points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newberry). They blew past Palatka 88-41 on Tuesday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 52-20.
Newberry's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-0. As for Eastside, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Things could have been worse for Eastside, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-49 loss to Newberry in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Eastside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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