The Prairie Ridge Wolves will venture away from home to square off against the Hampshire Whip-Purs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Prairie Ridge managed to keep up with Cary-Grove until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Prairie Ridge was beaten by Cary-Grove 58-29. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 348th, while the Trojans are ranked 95th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hampshire, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against McHenry on Tuesday as Hampshire made off with a 57-32 win.
Hampshire is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-11 record this season. As for Prairie Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-11.
Prairie Ridge came up short against Hampshire when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 50-40. Can Prairie Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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