A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Walton Wildcats take on the Gompers Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday... Walton will be strutting in after a victory while Gompers will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with 12 defeats in a row dating back to last season, Walton turned things around against Roosevelt Educational on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 54-39 win over the Roughriders. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Wildcats' disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 640th, while the Roughriders are ranked 214th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 94-46, which was the final score in Gompers' tilt against Tuitt on Monday. The contest marked Gompers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Walton's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-8. As for Gompers, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Walton was dealt a bruising 68-41 defeat at the hands of Gompers when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Walton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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