The Kewanee Boilermakers will be taking part in a tournament against the Forreston Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Kewanee is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 64-35 victory over Stark County. Given the Boilermakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 311th, while the Rebels are ranked 627th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Forreston challenged Lena-Winslow on Saturday. Forreston took a 63-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lena-Winslow. The Cardinals haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Kewanee is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for Forreston, their loss dropped their record down to 7-5.
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