Shadle Park hasn't had much luck against Central Valley recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Shadle Park Highlanders will head out to square off against the Central Valley Bears at 7:00 p.m.
Shadle Park is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Mt. Spokane on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Shadle Park lost 66-44 to Mt. Spokane. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Wildcats are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central Valley). Everything went their way against University on Tuesday as Central Valley made off with an 83-61 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Bears have posted since December 3, 2024.
Central Valley's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Shadle Park, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Shadle Park was dealt a bruising 73-35 defeat at the hands of Central Valley in their previous matchup back in January of 2020. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Shadle Park was down 41-11.
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