Callisburg is 0-6 against Paradise since December of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Callisburg Wildcats will look to defend their home court against the Paradise Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Callisburg will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1235th, while Paradise is ranked 267th).
Callisburg suffered their biggest loss since December 15, 2023 on Tuesday. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 46-26 walloping at the hands of Valley View. Callisburg has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
S & S Consolidated typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Paradise proved too difficult a challenge. They slipped by the Rams 33-32. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Paradise.
Gazey Yates continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 19 points. Another player making a difference was Rylee Nichols, who scored five points along with 12 rebounds and three steals.
Callisburg has not been sharp recently, as they've lost 11 of their last 14 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-20 record this season. As for Paradise, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-7.
Callisburg took a serious blow against Paradise in their previous meeting on January 2nd, falling 65-15. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Nichols, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Now that Callisburg knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
