Americas and Franklin are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. Having just played yesterday, the Americas Trail Blazers will jump right back in to play the Franklin Cougars at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Americas easily dispatched Socorro on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Americas fell just short of Coronado by a score of 50-48 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Trail Blazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 452nd, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 151st).
Meanwhile, Franklin came up short against El Dorado on Friday and fell 57-49.
Americas' defeat dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Franklin, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9.
Americas was able to grind out a solid win over Franklin in their previous matchup back in February, winning 55-48. Does Americas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Franklin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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