After both having extra time off, the Pine River-Backus Tigers and the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While Pine River-Backus didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Verndale, posting a 73-25 victory. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Pirates are ranked 326th), the result last Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Friday as they fell 66-61 to Ogilvie. The Thunder have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Pine River-Backus, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
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