Basketball Recap: Make It Nine in a Row for Waverly-Shell Rock

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Waverly-Shell Rock). They blew past the Sumner-Fredericksburg Cougars, posting a 72-33 win. Given the Go-Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Cougars are ranked 254th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Go-Hawks

Previous Games

01/13/25 @ Sumner-Fredericksburg	72-33
01/09/25 @ Clear Lake	50-29
01/06/25 vs Dike-New Hartford	65-21
01/04/25 vs Dike-New Hartford	65-21
01/03/25 @ Center Point-Urbana	53-46
+ 4 more games

The victory (which was Waverly-Shell Rock's ninth in a row) raised their record to 11-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Sumner-Fredericksburg, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-9.

Waverly-Shell Rock has already played their next match, a 67-33 win against Decorah-North Winneshiek on the 14th. Sumner-Fredericksburg has also already played their next game (against Oelwein), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.