The Wallkill Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the New Paltz Huguenots at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Wallkill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while New Paltz will come in with 11 straight wins.
Last Friday, Wallkill took a blow against Our Lady of Lourdes, falling 84-43. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 643rd, while the Warriors are ranked 52nd).
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but New Paltz ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Saugerties 70-68. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Huguenots have posted against the Sawyers since February 1, 2019.
Wallkill's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for New Paltz, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Wallkill was dealt a bruising 65-30 loss at the hands of New Paltz in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Wallkill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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