Kankakee Valley is 10-0 against Highland since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Kankakee Valley Kougars will look to defend their home court against the Highland Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Kankakee Valley focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 33 on Tuesday.
Kankakee Valley is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Marquette Catholic on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Kankakee Valley was beaten by Marquette Catholic 61-26.
Despite the defeat, Kankakee Valley saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Mallorie Rose had 12 points along with six rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Rose a new career-high in threes (three).
Meanwhile, Highland was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 49-45 to Hanover Central.
Highland's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Kankakee Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Kankakee Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Highland in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, sneaking past 38-36. Will Kankakee Valley repeat their success, or does Highland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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