The Magoffin County Hornets will be home for the holidays to greet the Shelby Valley Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Magoffin County had just enough and edged Pike County Central out 69-67. The win made it back-to-back wins for Magoffin County.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Shelby Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 76-63 to Floyd Central. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Saturday (60), Shelby Valley still had to take the loss.
Magoffin County now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Shelby Valley, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 3-2.
Magoffin County lost to Shelby Valley at home by a decisive 74-59 margin when the teams last played back in February of 2021. Can Magoffin County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.