The Boone Central Cardinals will square off against the Northwest Vikings at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Boone Central's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matches.
Boone Central is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since February 8, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Centura by a score of 57-55.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest). They breezed past Schuyler to the tune of 80-26 on Friday. The Vikings have beaten the Warriors the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Warriors has come to flipping the script.
Boone Central's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.7 points over those games. As for Northwest, they pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Boone Central couldn't quite finish off Northwest when the teams last played back in February of 2024 and fell 47-45. Can Boone Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
