After flying high against Tomahawk last Friday, Northland Pines came back down to earth. The Northland Pines Eagles took a 69-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 195th, while the Chargers are ranked 50th).
Northland Pines' loss dropped their record down to 10-7-1. As for Wittenberg-Birnamwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Northland Pines will head out to take on Rhinelander at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Rhinelander knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Northland Pines likes a good challenge. As for Wittenberg-Birnamwood, they will head out on the road to challenge Shiocton at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wittenberg-Birnamwood is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
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