The West Wilkes Blackhawks will venture away from home to challenge the North Wilkes Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, West Wilkes ended up a good deal behind Forbush and lost 54-40. While losing is never fun, the Blackhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 270th, while the Falcons are ranked 39th).
Meanwhile, North Wilkes came tearing into Wednesday's match with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They really took it to the Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-11 win. The Vikings have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 22 points or more this season.
This is the second loss in a row for West Wilkes and nudges their season record down to 6-12. As for North Wilkes, their victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1.
West Wilkes took a serious blow against North Wilkes in their previous meeting on January 7th, falling 67-31. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Wilkes was down 40-15.
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