The Locust Fork Hornets will venture away from home to face off against the Hanceville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Locust Fork knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Hanceville likes a good challenge.
Locust Fork will head out to face Hanceville after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Locust Fork fell 82-69 to Hayden. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (55), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, a win for Hanceville just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Good Hope, falling 72-52. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while the Raiders are ranked 32nd).
This is the second loss in a row for Hanceville and nudges their season record down to 3-6. As for Locust Fork, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-1.
Locust Fork and Hanceville were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in February of 2020, but Locust Fork came up empty-handed after a 58-57 defeat. Can Locust Fork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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