The Princeville Princes entered their tilt with the Peoria Heights Patriots with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Princeville secured a 37-32 W over Peoria Heights on Wednesday. That's another feather in the cap for Princeville, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Several Patriots players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Rianna Foster, who scored four points along with three steals and three blocks. Foster is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tania Cox, who scored four points along with eight steals.
Princeville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Peoria Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 13-3.
Princeville won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Elmwood at 10:30 a.m. on December 28th. Elmwood is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. Peoria Heights won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Midland at 9:00 a.m. on December 28th. Midland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Peoria Heights is ranked 119th).