The Canistota Hawks will face off against the White River Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Canistota put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Oldham-Ramona/R 71-30 at home. Given Canistota's advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Oldham-Ramona/R is ranked 139th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, White River unfortunately witnessed the end of their 12-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 69-58 to Pine Ridge.
The victory makes it two in a row for Canistota and bumps their season record up to 12-3. As for White River, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-2.
Canistota came up short against White River when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 61-50. Can Canistota avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
