Vernon and Iowa Park are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Vernon Lions will challenge the Iowa Park Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Vernon has struggled recently with eight defeats in a row, while Iowa Park will arrive with seven straight wins.
On Friday, Vernon was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 34-33 to Bowie. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 694th, while the Jackrabbits are ranked 343rd).
Holliday typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Iowa Park proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 58-51 victory over the Eagles. That's two games straight that the Hawks have won by exactly seven points.
Iowa Park's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-8. As for Vernon, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
Vernon might still be hurting after the 67-42 defeat they got from Iowa Park when the teams last played back in January. Can Vernon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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