The Highland Hornets will challenge the St. Pius X Sartans at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Highland is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Del Norte as Highland made off with a 53-32 win. The victory continues a trend for the Hornets in their matchups with the Knights: they've now won eight in a row.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.2 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Saturday. They took down the Rockets 50-34. Given the Sartans' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico basketball rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Rockets are ranked 72nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Pius X's win bumped their record up to 22-5. As for Highland, their victory bumped their record up to 16-14.
Highland couldn't quite finish off St. Pius X in their previous meeting last Friday and fell 70-67. Can Highland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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