Northwest faced Johnston in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Wolves took a 7-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dragons. The Wolves haven't had much luck with the Dragons recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Northwest's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 9-2. As for Johnston, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 12-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Dragons beat Northwest by a score of 8-2 later that day.
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