A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Wharton Tigers take on the La Marque Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday... Wharton will be strutting in after a victory while La Marque will be coming in after a loss.
Wharton will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating El Campo, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Wharton enjoyed a cozy 47-32 win over El Campo on Friday. That 15 point margin sets a new team best for the Tigers this season.
Meanwhile, La Marque was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 39-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of Columbia. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1386th, while the Roughnecks are ranked 525th).
The victory made it two in a row for Wharton and bumps their season record up to 4-11. As for La Marque, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14.
Wharton took a serious blow against La Marque when the teams last played back in November of 2021, falling 86-35. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wharton was down 54-12.
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