The Forreston Cardinals will square off against the Pecatonica Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Forreston will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Polo, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Forreston really took it to Polo for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-37 victory.
Meanwhile, Pecatonica put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They couldn't have asked for a better start to 2025 than the 89-54 blowout they got against Hinckley-Big Rock. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Royals are ranked 285th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Forreston is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Pecatonica, their win bumped their record up to 11-0.
Forreston was taken down by Pecatonica 84-35 in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Forreston was down 58-23.
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