The Pendleton Buckaroos and the North Marion Huskies will compete for holiday cheer at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Pendleton will head into Tuesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They were beaten by Burns 46-18. While losing is never fun, the Buckaroos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Hilanders are ranked 24th).
Meanwhile, North Marion was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a hard 57-40 fall against Scappoose.
North Marion now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Pendleton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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