The East Newton Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Lamar Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
East Newton is headed into Thursday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 59-33 to McDonald County, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, Lamar was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 42-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wheatland.
East Newton's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Lamar, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Things could have been worse for East Newton, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-50 loss to Lamar when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can East Newton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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