The Perry Bluejays will head out on the road to square off against the Bondurant-Farrar Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Perry will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Iowa Rankings (they are ranked 208th, while Bondurant-Farrar is ranked 82nd).
Perry managed to keep up with Nevada until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Perry ended up on the wrong side of a tough 72-50 walloping at the hands of Nevada. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Perry in their matchups with Nevada: they've now lost six in a row.
Despite the loss, Perry had strong showings from Geren Kenney, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and three steals, and Drake Levan, who scored 17 points. Levan is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. The team also got some help courtesy of Zander Mahler, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Bondurant-Farrar pushed their score all the way to 57 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 58-57 to Newton.
Perry's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Bondurant-Farrar, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-9 record this season.
Perry was dealt a bruising 70-17 loss at the hands of Bondurant-Farrar in their previous meeting back in February of 2021. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Perry was down 42-13.
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