The Lena-Winslow Panthers and the Galena Pirates will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Lena-Winslow knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Galena likes a good challenge.
It was a proper cat-fight when Lena-Winslow took on Forreston on Saturday. Lena-Winslow snuck past Forreston with a 63-57 win. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Cardinals are ranked 440th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Galena posted their closest victory since November 27th on Saturday. They skirted past Orion 46-43.
Lena-Winslow is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Galena, their win bumped their record up to 9-6.
Lena-Winslow came up short against Galena when the teams last played back in December of 2021, falling 41-31. Can Lena-Winslow avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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