Having just played yesterday, the Mt. Gilead Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Colonel Crawford Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Mt. Gilead took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 57-48 win over Danville.
Meanwhile, Colonel Crawford had already won 16 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.4 points) and they went ahead and made it 17 on Friday. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 58-26. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 22 points or more this season.
Colonel Crawford's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. As for Mt. Gilead, their win bumped their record up to 9-10.
Mt. Gilead might still be hurting after the 55-34 defeat they got from Colonel Crawford when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Mt. Gilead avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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