After flying high against Carbon Hill on Friday, Winfield came back down to earth. The Pirates took a 67-63 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Deshler Tigers on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Tigers are ranked 81st).
Winfield has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost five of their last six contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 16-14 record this season. As for Deshler, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 17-6.
Winfield has already played their next matchup (against Marion County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Deshler also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Lauderdale County.
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