The Brookwood Panthers and the Corner Yellow Jackets will compete for holiday cheer at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Monday, Brookwood was beaten by Paul W. Bryant 85-29. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Stampede are ranked 53rd).
Meanwhile, Corner had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. The stars were shining brightly for them in a 49-31 win over the Eagles. The 49-point effort marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Corner has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for Brookwood, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
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