Sheldon and George-Little Rock are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2018, but not for long. The Sheldon Orabs will take on the George-Little Rock Mustangs in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Sheldon had to suffer through a 77-32 loss at the hands of Rock Valley. While losing is never fun, the Orabs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Rockets are ranked 52nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask George-Little Rock). They blew past Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union 59-31 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Sheldon and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for George-Little Rock, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Sheldon was taken down by George-Little Rock 61-24 in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Sheldon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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