The Water Valley Wildcats and the Blackwell Hornets will compete for holiday cheer at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Water Valley has four straight wins, Blackwell has 21 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
While Water Valley didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Midessa 56-29 on Tuesday. That 27 point margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-19, which was the final score in Blackwell's tilt against Veribest on Tuesday.
Water Valley's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-1. As for Blackwell, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Water Valley's way against Blackwell in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as Water Valley made off with a 44-24 win. Will Water Valley repeat their success, or does Blackwell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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