The Franklin Flyers will head out on the road to challenge the Axtell Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Franklin will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings (they are ranked 277th, while Axtell is ranked 86th).
After soaring to 55 points the game before, Franklin were a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They had to suffer through a rough 50-22 loss at the hands of Red Cloud. Franklin has not had much luck with Red Cloud recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the defeat, Franklin had strong showings from Caiden Peterman, who scored six points along with five assists and two steals, and Eldon Haack, who scored six points along with six rebounds. Peterman has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Axtell entered their tilt with Southern Valley with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Axtell blew past Southern Valley 68-45. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as Axtell just coasted through the last quarter.
The match pitted two dominant forwards against one another in Ethan Morgan and Kamden Bose. Morgan had a great game on Friday and dropped a double-double on 19 points and 18 rebounds. Meanwhile, Bose was balling out in the loss, scoring 16 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Franklin's loss dropped their record down to 3-16. As for Axtell, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-6.
Franklin suffered a grim 58-38 defeat to Axtell in their previous matchup back in February of 2016. Thankfully for Franklin, Cody Nickel (who scored 19 points along with five rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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