Preview: Kennedy Commanders vs. Far Northeast W Warriors
Kennedy is 0-8 against Far Northeast W since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Kennedy Commanders will head out on the road to take on the Far Northeast W Warriors at 12:00 p.m. Hopefully Kennedy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Thursday.
Kennedy has not done well against Lincoln recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way. Kennedy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lincoln 50-48. The win was a breath of fresh air for Kennedy as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Kennedy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Quinn Padilla out in front who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds and four steals. Padilla has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Anthony Zink, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 80-27, which was the final score in Far Northeast W's tilt against Northfield on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Far Northeast W can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 295th, while Northfield is ranked 16th).
Kennedy's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-17. As for Far Northeast W, they dropped their record down to 1-21 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight at home.
Kennedy was dealt a bruising 71-36 loss at the hands of Far Northeast W when the teams last played back in February of 2022. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Kennedy was down 42-15.
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