The East Prairie Eagles and the Holcomb Hornets will round out the year against one another at at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Prairie has three straight wins, Holcomb has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
It was a Battle of the Birds when East Prairie took on Oak Ridge on Friday. East Prairie really took it to Oak Ridge for the full four quarters, racking up an 83-34 victory. With the Eagles ahead 61-18 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Holcomb played a tough matchup on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against Westwood Baptist Academy, falling 67-43. The Hornets were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 41-20.
East Prairie's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Holcomb, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
East Prairie came up short against Holcomb when the teams last played back in December of 2021, falling 50-43. Can East Prairie avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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