The Banning Pilots will face off against the Huntington Park Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Banning ended up a good deal behind Mary Star of the Sea and lost 52-35. While losing is never fun, the Pilots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 583rd, while the Stars are ranked 274th).
Meanwhile, Huntington Park hadn't done well against South Gate recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Huntington Park secured a 55-50 W over South Gate. While the Spartans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Banning's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Huntington Park, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Banning couldn't quite finish off Huntington Park when the teams last played back in December of 2023 and fell 54-51. Can Banning avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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