The Solomon Gorillas will face off against the Pike Valley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Solomon took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Wakefield, posting a 57-13 victory.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Pike Valley faced off against Washington County on Tuesday. Pike Valley fell just short of Washington County by a score of 59-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Solomon will have to contain Andrew Cooper as he made an impact in Pike Valley's last game. He posted 17 points. Cooper's evening made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dayton Reeves, who earned 11 points.
The win got Solomon back to even at 1-1. As for Pike Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Solomon barely slipped by Pike Valley in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, winning 47-46. Does Solomon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pike Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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