Basketball Game Preview: Waverly-Shell Rock Go-Hawks vs. Denver Cyclones

The Waverly-Shell Rock Go-Hawks will take on the Denver Cyclones at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Denver will be up against a hot Waverly-Shell Rock squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Waverly-Shell Rock was the clear victor by a 59-37 margin over Mason City on Friday. Given the Go-Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Mohawks are ranked 94th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Denver on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Aplington-Parkersburg out of the water with a 55-23 final score. The Cyclones pushed the score to 40-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.

The victory was the third in a row for Denver, bringing their record for this year to 18-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.3 points per game. As for Waverly-Shell Rock, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Everything went Waverly-Shell Rock's way against Denver in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Waverly-Shell Rock made off with a 49-25 victory. Does Waverly-Shell Rock have another victory up their sleeve, or will Denver turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.