The Sherrard Tigers and the Flanagan-Cornell Falcons will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sherrard has three straight wins, Flanagan-Cornell has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Sherrard proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 21) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 41-38 victory over Riverdale. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Rams are ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Flanagan-Cornell came up short against Lexington on Friday, falling 69-44.
Sherrard pushed their record up to 22-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Flanagan-Cornell, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.
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