The Wayne County Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Perry County Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wayne County has five straight wins, Perry County has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Wayne County was fully in charge, breezing past Collinwood 66-37 at home. Given Wayne County's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while Collinwood is ranked 401st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wayne County's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cayman Camfield, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Justice Bell, who scored 22 points along with four steals. Camfield is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last four games he's played. Sayler Skelton was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Perry County came up short against Loretto on Saturday and fell 57-48.
Wayne County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Perry County, they dropped their record down to 7-12 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Wayne County skirted past Perry County 47-44 in their previous matchup last Thursday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Perry County's Colton Pevahouse, who scored 20 points along with six rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Wayne County still be able to contain Pevahouse? There's only one way to find out.
