A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Roby Lions duke it out with the Hermleigh Cardinals at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday... Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Roby sitting on three straight wins and Hermleigh on eight.
Roby is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Meadow 74-25. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Lions with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Hermleigh sidestepped Roscoe for a 33-31 victory. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Plowboys are ranked 541st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roby pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.5 points per game. As for Hermleigh, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
Roby was dealt a bruising 55-25 defeat at the hands of Hermleigh in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Can Roby avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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