Westover and Pine Forest are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2021, but not for long. The Westover Wolverines will face off against the Pine Forest Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Westover was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 58-54 to E.E. Smith. While the Wolverines didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Golden Bulls 20-9 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, Pine Forest had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 64-61 victory over the Jaguars. The win almost wasn't to be: the Trojans were down 40-18 in the second quarter.
Pine Forest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Westover, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 10-5.
Westover came up short against Pine Forest when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 66-57. Can Westover avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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