The Newton Railroaders will take on the Eisenhower Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Newton is looking for their season's first win.
Last Tuesday, Newton was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 46-40 to Arkansas City. While losing is never fun, the Railroaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 37th).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Eisenhower took on Goddard on Tuesday. Eisenhower came out on top against Goddard by a score of 51-38.
Eisenhower's victory bumped their record up to 5-10. As for Newton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Newton took a serious blow against Eisenhower in their previous meeting back in January, falling 50-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eisenhower's Payton Blue, who went 8 for 14 to rack up 19 points and four steals. Now that Newton knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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