Thoreau is 1-9 against Navajo Prep since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Thoreau Hawks take on the Navajo Prep Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Thoreau didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Newcomb, but they still walked away with a 34-30 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hawks.
Meanwhile, Navajo Prep had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.9 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They walked away with a 44-37 victory over the Cougars.
Navajo Prep pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Thoreau, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10 record this season.
Thoreau came up short against Navajo Prep in their previous meeting back in January, falling 43-36. Can Thoreau avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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