The Pike Central Chargers will venture away from home to square off against the Evansville Bosse Bulldogs at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 41-9, which was the final score in Pike Central's tilt against Southridge on Thursday. The Chargers haven't had much luck with the Raiders recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Evansville Bosse was beaten by Evansville Memorial 52-17 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Tigers are ranked 94th).
Evansville Bosse's loss was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Pike Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Pike Central was able to grind out a solid win over Evansville Bosse when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 31-19. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pike Central since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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