Hiawatha hasn't had much luck against Holton recently, but that could start to change on Friday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Friday, Hiawatha came up short against Silver Lake and fell 70-57. While losing is never fun, the Red Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Eagles are ranked 48th).
Meanwhile, Holton's game last Friday was all tied up 26-26 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell 58-45 to Rossville.
Hiawatha will have to contain Brayden Peek as he made an impact in Holton's last game. He went 7 for 17 on his way to 16 points and seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Meyer, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 10 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Hiawatha and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for Holton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Hiawatha strolled past Holton in their previous matchup back in February by a score of 55-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hiawatha since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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