The Highland Park Giants will square off against the Waukegan Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Highland Park will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Highland Park will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 33-point drubbing they dealt Niles North on Friday. Highland Park claimed a resounding 55-22 victory over Niles North. Given the Giants' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 171st, while the Vikings are ranked 505th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Waukegan came up short against Libertyville on Tuesday and fell 44-36. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Waukegan's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9. As for Highland Park, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
Highland Park came up short against Waukegan in their previous matchup back in January of 2023, falling 46-39. Can Highland Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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