Sneads and Blountstown are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Sneads Pirates will take on the Blountstown Tigers at 6:45 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Sneads came up short against Cottondale and fell 53-41. The Pirates were down 41-20 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
| 01/17/25 @ Cottondale | 17 |
| 12/28/24 vs Seminole County | 16 |
| 01/02/24 @ Walton | 15 |
| 12/01/23 vs Port St. Joe | 14 |
| 02/01/24 vs Graceville | 11 |
Sneads' loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Michael Perkins, who posted 17 points along with seven rebounds and five assists, and Jamir Smith, who went 5 for 7 en route to 15 points. The dominant performance gave Perkins a new career-high in points. John Loftus was another key player, putting up a point and eight boards.
Meanwhile, Blountstown had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.2 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They strolled past the Blue Devils with points to spare, taking the game 58-44.
Blountstown found their leader in sophomore Curtis Ellis, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Ellis' afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Cyion Smith, who went 6 of 8 on his way to 13 points in addition to six steals and five boards.
Blountstown is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Sneads, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-14.
Things could have been worse for Sneads, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 57-39 loss to Blountstown when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Sneads avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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