Johnston and Ankeny are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2016, but not for long. The Johnston Dragons will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Ankeny Hawks at 7:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Johnston ended up a good deal behind Northwest and lost 67-48. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Wolves recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Ankeny came up short against Waukee on Tuesday and fell 73-61. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (60), the Hawks still had to take the loss.
This is the second loss in a row for Ankeny and nudges their season record down to 5-7. As for Johnston, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
Johnston beat Ankeny 59-49 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Will Johnston repeat their success, or does Ankeny have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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