After flying high against Perry County last Saturday, Rogers came back down to earth. The Rogers Pirates took a 58-42 bruising from the Wayne County Wildcats on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 277th in Alabama, while the Wildcats are ranked 108th in Tennessee).
Cayman Camfield was his usual excellent self, going 11 of 18 en route to 27 points and six rebounds for Wayne County. Camfield's afternoon made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Justice Bell, who posted 14 points.
Rogers' defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Wayne County, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-4.
Rogers will be playing in front of their home fans against Wilson at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wilson will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Rogers surely won't give up without a fight. As for Wayne County, they will challenge Huntland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County is facing Huntland at the right time seeing as Huntland is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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