The Newport Grizzlies will face off against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Newport is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Priest River on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Newport came up short against Priest River, falling 42-22. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Kettle Falls came up short against Reardan on Wednesday and fell 56-44. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Screaming Eagles are ranked 46th).
Kettle Falls' defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6. As for Newport, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
Newport was dealt a bruising 64-23 defeat at the hands of Kettle Falls in their previous meeting back in January. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Newport was down 33-10.
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