Poston Butte is 0-5 against Eastmark since January of 2023 but things could change on Tuesday. The Poston Butte Broncos will welcome the Eastmark Firebirds at 7:00 p.m. That contest will pit two of the most dominant guards against one another: Dutch Martinez Jr and Rhys Walcott.
Last Thursday, Poston Butte came up short against ALA - Queen Creek and fell 59-50. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Patriots are ranked 70th).
Meanwhile, Eastmark earned a 63-50 win over Combs on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Firebirds.
Eastmark's victory bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Poston Butte, their loss dropped their record down to 8-15.
Poston Butte lost to Eastmark at home by a decisive 77-58 margin when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastmark's Dylan Gesner, who went 9 for 17 to rack up 24 points in addition to seven assists and five rebounds. Now that Poston Butte knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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