Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop and Sibley East are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds will take on the Sibley East Wolverines at 5:45 p.m. on Monday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 80-26, which was the final score in Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop's tilt against St. Mary's on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Thunderbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 347th, while the Knights are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sibley East). They pulled ahead with a 61-60 photo finish over Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial on Friday.
Sibley East's win bumped their record up to 6-11. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, they have also been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-11 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 41-24 loss to Sibley East when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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