Peninsula and Central Kitsap are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Peninsula Seahawks will welcome the Central Kitsap Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Peninsula and three for Central Kitsap.
Peninsula came up into this matchup off a tough 50-point loss on Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Gig Harbor by a score of 56-54 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Tides are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, Central Kitsap was just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 52-51 to North Thurston.
Central Kitsap's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Peninsula, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11.
Peninsula couldn't quite finish off Central Kitsap when the teams last played back in January of 2024 and fell 59-56. Can Peninsula 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
