The Stockton Blackhawks will challenge the Galena Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Stockton easily dispatched West Carroll on Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Stockton fell just short of River Ridge/Scales Mound by a score of 42-40 on Friday. The Blackhawks haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Galena waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They secured a 42-37 W over the Warriors.
Galena is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Stockton, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 16-7.
Stockton took a serious blow against Galena in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 60-28. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Stockton was down 39-18.
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