The Bloom Blazing Trojan are on the road again on Friday and plays the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on March 1st. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
With a playoff game on the line, Bloom rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They walked away with a 56-45 win over the RedHawks.
Vincent Kelly was Bloom's leading scorer, having posted no points.
Meanwhile, Homewood-Flossmoor entered their tilt with Joliet West with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Homewood-Flossmoor came out on top in a nail-biter against Joliet West on Tuesday and snuck past 68-66. Given Homewood-Flossmoor's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while Joliet West is ranked 51st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bloom is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their win bumped their record up to 29-4.
Bloom came up short against Homewood-Flossmoor when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 49-39. Can Bloom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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