Iowa High School Basketball - Grinnell thwarts Newton
January 20, 2009: Newton, IA 50208 The Grinnell Tigers basketball team scored 62 points and held the host Newton Cardinals to 48 in the Tigers league triumph on Tuesday.
The Tigers now sport a 9-4 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Norwalk for a Little Hawkeye contest on Friday, January 23. Grinnell will confront a Warriors team coming off a 65-49 non-league win over Ballard (Huxley, IA). The Warriors record now stands at 11-0.
The Cardinals (0-11) will now prepare for their contest against Boone (Boone, IA). The Toreadors enter the Little Hawkeye contest with a 5-7 record. In their last contest, Boone was defeated by Pella Christian (Pella, IA), 83-47, in a league contest.