Basketball Recap: Hinton Picks Up Tenth Consecutive Victory

Blackhawks

Previous Games

12/20/24 vs Harris-Lake Park	74-35
12/19/24 vs Kingsley-Pierson	69-19
12/17/24 @ Central Lyon	67-60
12/14/24 vs Lawton-Bronson	73-37
12/13/24 vs Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union	68-13
+ 5 more games

Hinton put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their match with ease, bagging a 74-35 win over the Harris-Lake Park Wolves. Given the Blackhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Wolves are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Hinton's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Harris-Lake Park, the defeat snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 6-2 record.

Hinton will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Woodbury Central at 6:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025. Hinton knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Woodbury Central likes a good challenge. Harris-Lake Park also won't see the court for a while: their next contest is against South O'Brien at 6:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025.