After flying high against High Point Central last Wednesday, Eastern Guilford came back down to earth. The Eastern Guilford Wildcats took a 48-30 bruising from the Rockingham County Cougars on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 325th, while the Cougars are ranked 146th).
Eastern Guilford's loss dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Rockingham County, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
The future could be bright for both Eastern Guilford and Rockingham County: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Eastern Guilford will look to extend Atkins' five-game losing streak when the meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Rockingham County will try to hand High Point Central their 19th-straight defeat when the two meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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