A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Newcastle Bobcats duke it out with the Wellman-Union Wildcats at 12:00 p.m. on Friday...
Last Tuesday, Newcastle was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 65-59 to Bridgeport. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 626th, while the Bulls are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wellman-Union, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They managed a 37-31 victory over Springlake-Earth on Thursday. While the Wildcats didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
This is the second loss in a row for Newcastle and nudges their season record down to 3-5. As for Wellman-Union, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
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