North County at Central Boys Hoops on J-98

(Park Hills) The North County and Central boys play their conference game Friday at the T.J. Foulon Fieldhouse in Park Hills. The two have already played there once this season as the Rebels beat the Raiders by 10 for third place at the Christmas tournament. It’s a similar situation to last year when Central won the tournament meeting and North County won the league game. However last year that was the only regular season game the Raiders lost. This year North County comes into the meeting at 6-6. Coach Jimmy Palmer says his team literally needs to play to its strength…

Central is hoping that this is their year to advance in the state playoffs much like North County did last year, but the conference race comes first for the 9-2 Rebels. It’s the first MAAA game for Central. North County beat Potosi last week. They moved the game time up with winter weather imminent. We’ll broadcast this St. Francois County rivalry Friday night on J-98 with the Fliegs Equipment Pregame Show about 4:45.