Fair Grove is 6-1 against Ash Grove since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Fair Grove Eagles will be home for the holidays to greet the Ash Grove Pirates at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Fair Grove didn't have too much trouble with Marshfield at home as they won 63-45.
Meanwhile, Ash Grove unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a hard 84-70 fall against Sparta. While losing is never fun, Ash Grove can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 180th, while Sparta is ranked 29th).
Fair Grove now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Ash Grove, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-2.
Fair Grove couldn't quite finish off Ash Grove in their previous matchup back in December of 2022 and fell 58-55. Will Fair Grove have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
