Argenta-Oreana is 1-9 against Maroa-Forsyth since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the Argenta-Oreana Bombers will head out on the road to face off against the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans at 3:30 p.m. Maroa-Forsyth took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Argenta-Oreana, who comes in off a win.
Argenta-Oreana will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Okaw Valley, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Argenta-Oreana skirted past Okaw Valley 59-57. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bombers.
Meanwhile, Maroa-Forsyth was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 55-44 to Auburn. While losing is never fun, Maroa-Forsyth can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 424th, while Auburn is ranked 57th).
Maroa-Forsyth's defeat dropped their record down to 10-13. As for Argenta-Oreana, their victory bumped their record up to 14-11.
Argenta-Oreana and Maroa-Forsyth were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but Argenta-Oreana came up empty-handed after a 56-55 loss. Can Argenta-Oreana avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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