A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Herscher Tigers take on the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday... Herscher will be strutting in after a victory while Paxton-Buckley-Loda will be coming in after a loss.
Herscher took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They secured a 38-33 W over Iroquois West.
Meanwhile, Paxton-Buckley-Loda came up short against Rantoul on Friday and fell 50-42. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly eight points.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda's defeat was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Herscher, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11.
Herscher lost to Paxton-Buckley-Loda on the road by a decisive 64-49 margin when the teams last played back in January of 2022. Can Herscher avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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