A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lovejoy Wildcats face off against the Langston Hughes Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday... Lovejoy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight defeats, while Langston Hughes will come in with five straight wins.
Lovejoy is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Mundy's Mill on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lovejoy took a blow against Mundy's Mill, falling 41-13.
Meanwhile, Langston Hughes didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Sandy Creek on Saturday, but they still walked away with a 56-50 victory.
Langston Hughes' win was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 23.9 points. As for Lovejoy, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
Lovejoy was able to grind out a solid victory over Langston Hughes when the teams last played back in February of 2022, winning 62-55. Does Lovejoy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Langston Hughes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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