Springfield and Kit Carson are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but not for long. The Springfield Longhorns will square off against the Kit Carson Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Springfield has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 6.
Springfield is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Holly on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Springfield came up short against Holly, falling 66-44.
Springfield might have lost, but man, Colby Batterton was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten boards. That was a full 54.5% of Springfield's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Brennan Rothman, who earned seven points.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Kit Carson duked it out withGranada on Friday. Kit Carson took a 53-34 bruising from Granada. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Bobcats: they've now lost six in a row.
Kit Carson's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Springfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
Springfield came up short against Kit Carson in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 51-46. Can Springfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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