A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Echo Cougars take on the Imbler Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday... Echo will be strutting in after a victory while Imbler will be coming in after a defeat.
Echo will head into Saturday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 24-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wallowa, sneaking past 43-40.
Meanwhile, Imbler was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 41-40 to Joseph, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Imbler's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Echo, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
Echo ended up a good deal behind Imbler in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, losing 49-34. Can Echo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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