The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings will face off against the Rich Township Raptors at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Homewood-Flossmoor sitting on four straight wins and Rich Township on three.
Homewood-Flossmoor is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They snuck past Bloom with a 41-36 victory. The 41-point effort marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Brent Taylor was his usual excellent self, going 5-for-11 en route to 13 points in addition to six boards and five steals. That's the most steals he has posted since back in December of 2024. Ethan Howard was another key player, putting up nine points and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Rich Township faced Marist in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, Rich Township made off with an 86-85 win over Marist.
Rich Township's victory bumped their record up to 23-8. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their win bumped their record up to 30-3.
Homewood-Flossmoor lost to Rich Township on the road by a decisive 81-67 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rich Township's Jamson Coulter, who shot 47% from the field to rack up 30 points and six boards. Now that Homewood-Flossmoor knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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