The Heritage Hawks will head out to square off against the Casey-Westfield Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Heritage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They really took it to Arcola for the full four quarters, racking up a 61-28 victory. The score was close at halftime, but the Hawks pulled away in the second half with 40 points.
Brayden Jones
| 02/23/26 @ Arcola | 20 |
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Heritage relied on the efforts of Brayden Jones, who went 7-for-14 en route to 20 points, and Rylan White, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Jones' big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. Another player making a difference was Clark Roland, who posted 11 points and five steals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Casey-Westfield). They took their contest on Monday with ease, bagging a 105-49 win over Chrisman. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 55-25.
Casey-Westfield's win came from a few key players that Heritage will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Leighton Jones, who shot 76% from the field on his way to 31 points. He has become a key player for Casey-Westfield: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 20 points, but 9-11 otherwise. Jackson High was another key player, going 9-for-11 to rack up 24 points.
Casey-Westfield pushed their record up to 19-11 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points over those games. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 13-17.
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