Henrietta and Vernon are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2014, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Henrietta Bearcats face off against the Vernon Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Henrietta will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Holliday, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Henrietta walked away with a 52-45 victory over Holliday on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bearcats.
Meanwhile, Vernon had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came out on top against the Monarchs by a score of 49-36.
Henrietta pushed their record up to 9-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.8 points per game. As for Vernon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Henrietta was dealt a bruising 77-37 defeat at the hands of Vernon in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Henrietta avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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