Villa Grove hasn't had much luck against Arcola recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Villa Grove Blue Devils will square off against the Arcola Purple Riders at 7:00 p.m.
Villa Grove is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They took a hard 68-50 fall against Argenta-Oreana. The Blue Devils were down 56-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Arcola waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They took down the Lions 53-36.
Arcola pushed their record up to 20-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points over those games. As for Villa Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 5-18.
Villa Grove lost to Arcola on the road by a decisive 63-47 margin when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Villa Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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