It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Forestburg can now relate to. They lost 56-30 to the Newcastle Bobcats on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1103rd, while the Bobcats are ranked 412th).
Despite the loss, Forestburg still got an impressive performance from Brenna Briles, who posted 17 points.
Forestburg has also traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which has put a noticeable dent in their 14-15 record this season. As for Newcastle, the win (which was their 16th in a row) raised their record to 22-9.
Forestburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Newcastle, they will take on Dodd City on Thursday. Dodd City's defense has only allowed 29.5 points per game this season, so Newcastle's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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