The Hiawatha Red Hawks will face off against the Riley County Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hiawatha will be strutting in after a victory while Riley County will be coming in after a loss.
Hiawatha will bounce into Friday's game after beating Nemaha Central, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. In a tight match that could have gone either way, Hiawatha made off with a 47-46 win over Nemaha Central. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Red Hawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Thunder are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Riley County took on Silver Lake on Tuesday. Riley County fell to Silver Lake 63-59. The Falcons haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Riley County's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Hiawatha, their win bumped their record up to 5-9.
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