Douglas and Spanish Springs are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Douglas Tigers challenge the Spanish Springs Cougars at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Douglas turned things around against Galena on Tuesday. They secured an 18-12 W over the Grizzlies. The 18-point effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Spanish Springs faced Bishop Manogue in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Spanish Springs came out on top against Bishop Manogue by a score of 50-39. The win was nothing new for the Cougars as they're now sitting on three straight.
Spanish Springs has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.4 points. As for Douglas, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 10-11.
Douglas took a serious blow against Spanish Springs when the teams last played on January 8th, falling 64-23. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Douglas was down 44-15.
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