Junction City and Marist are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Junction City Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Marist Spartans at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Junction City is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Junction City duked it out withCottage Grove on Friday. Junction City secured a 50-45 W over Cottage Grove. 50 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Marist came up short against Marshfield on Friday and fell 46-35. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now lost three in a row.
Junction City is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Marist, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-5.
Things could have been worse for Junction City, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 36-20 loss to Marist in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Junction City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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