The Hillsboro-Deering Hillcats will square off against the Newfound Regional Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Hillsboro-Deering comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Tuesday, Hillsboro-Deering took a blow against Conant, falling 72-20. The game marked the Hillcats' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newfound Regional). They blew past Berlin 70-28 on Tuesday. While the Bears didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Newfound Regional is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.8 points per game. As for Hillsboro-Deering, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Hillsboro-Deering came up short against Newfound Regional in their previous matchup back in February of 2016, falling 68-56. Can Hillsboro-Deering avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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