West Milford suffered their closest defeat since December 28, 2023 on Monday. They fell just short of the Wayne Hills Patriots by a score of 61-58. The Highlanders were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Patriots earlier this season, when they won 51-50.
This is the second loss in a row for West Milford and nudges their season record down to 9-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 9-6 Fair Lawn (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 60% over those games). As for Wayne Hills, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
West Milford has already played their next game (against Lakeland Regional), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Wayne Hills also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Fair Lawn.
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