The Forreston Cardinals and the Kewanee Boilermakers will round out the year against one another at at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Forreston knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Kewanee likes a good challenge.
Forreston is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Lena-Winslow just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 63-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 440th, while the Panthers are ranked 172nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kewanee). Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 64-35 stomp they got against Stark County. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Boilermakers have posted since February 9th.
Kewanee pushed their record up to 8-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Forreston, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
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