Sweetwater hasn't had much luck against Meigs County recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Sweetwater Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Meigs County Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Sweetwater didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Gibbs, but they still walked away with a 39-35 win. The 39-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Meigs County had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They walked away with a 57-44 victory over the Cherokees. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Cherokees are ranked 216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meigs County's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Sweetwater, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-5.
Sweetwater was dealt a bruising 66-29 loss at the hands of Meigs County when the teams last played back in January. Can Sweetwater avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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