Warrensburg-Latham and Shelbyville are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Warrensburg-Latham Cardinals will head out to take on the Shelbyville Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Warrensburg-Latham has five straight wins, Shelbyville has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Monday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Warrensburg-Latham beat Meridian 62-56. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Hawks are ranked 481st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Shelbyville played a tough matchup on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 77-47 loss at the hands of Pinckneyville. The Rams were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-22.
Warrensburg-Latham has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. As for Shelbyville, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-7.
Warrensburg-Latham came up short against Shelbyville in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 64-53. Can Warrensburg-Latham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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