The Oak Forest Bengals will challenge the Providence Catholic Celtics at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, Oak Forest took their matchup with ease, bagging a 54-9 victory over Morgan Park. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bengals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Providence Catholic). They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Thornridge 70-21. Given the Celtics' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Falcons are ranked 535th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Providence Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 21-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points over those games. As for Oak Forest, their win bumped their record up to 17-15.
Oak Forest might still be hurting after the 48-25 defeat they got from Providence Catholic in their previous matchup back in November of 2021. Can Oak Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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