Van Horn at Alpine

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# Van Horn at Alpine, Non-District Showdown Alpine gets the nod in our model by a field goal, though this one's practically a coin flip with a 61% home-field edge. The Bucks are favored to control things on their turf, but Van Horn has the recipe to make this competitive—don't sleep on the visitors in what shapes up as a genuine toss-up. The question for fans: trust the algorithm's slight lean toward Alpine, or fade it and back the underdog Hornets to steal one on the road? Either way, this non-district clash has all the makings of a tight, down-to-the-wire affair.

• AI prediction: Alpine by 4 · Lean
• Win probability: Alpine 63%, Van Horn 37%
• Alpine is the model's favorite; Van Horn is the underdog
• Non-district game: an early-season measuring stick