Billings Central Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Laurel Locomotives at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Billings Central Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Frenchtown, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Billings Central Catholic was ranked fifth). Billings Central Catholic walked away with a 2-0 win over Frenchtown on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Laurel came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Pirates by a score of 2-0.
Laurel easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-13.
Billings Central Catholic's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-1-1. As for Laurel, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9-1 record this season.
Billings Central Catholic beat Laurel 3-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Billings Central Catholic since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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