The Mendota Trojans will venture away from home to take on the Hall Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mendota has four straight wins, Hall has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Wednesday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Mendota beat DeKalb 61-57. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Barbs are ranked 249th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hall was beaten by Tolono Unity 80-47 on Saturday.
Hall's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Mendota, their victory bumped their record up to 18-5.
Mendota strolled past Hall in their previous meeting back in December of 2025 by a score of 67-48. Do the Trojans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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