The Weeki Wachee Hornets and the Tarpon Springs Spongers will face off at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Weeki Wachee will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Weeki Wachee saw some tournament action on Friday. 2025 welcomed they with a 70-44 loss courtesy of Clearwater Central Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 780th, while the Marauders are ranked 351st).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-19, which was the final score in Tarpon Springs' tilt against Steinbrenner on Friday. The Spongers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Weeki Wachee's loss dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Tarpon Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Weeki Wachee beat Tarpon Springs 8-0 when the teams last played back in January of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for Weeki Wachee since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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