Falls City and Fairbury are an even 5-5 against one another  since February of 2017, but  not for long. The Falls City Tigers will challenge the Fairbury Jeffs at 6:30  p.m.  on Friday. Falls City is looking for their season's first  victory.
Last Thursday, Falls City came up short against Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer  and fell  58-45.

 Jacoby Bangert
| 02/13/25 @ Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer | 57% | 
| 12/06/24 vs Syracuse | 40% | 
| 01/14/25 vs Nodaway Valley co-op [West Nodaway/Nodaway-Holt] | 33% | 
| 01/02/25 vs Maryville | 33% | 
| 01/25/25 vs Johnson County Central | 25% | 
Falls City's  loss shouldn't obscure the performances of  Paxton Armbruster, who  posted 13 points along with five  assists and five  rebounds, and  Jacoby Bangert, who  put up 14  points and five  boards. The dominant performance also gave  Bangert a new career-high in  three-point shooting accuracy (57%).
 They weren't the only ones working in the  assist department: Falls City was working as a unit and  finished the game with 12  assists. That's a new  trend for them: they were averaging 5.2  assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.6.
Fairbury hasn't had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They took down Schuyler 51-32  on Friday.
 Falls City better keep an eye on  Brodie Prellwitz. He was instrumental in Fairbury's win,  dropping  a double-double with 25 points and 11  rebounds. Another player making a difference was  Jonah Parrack, who  had five  points.
 Falls City's defeat dropped their record down to 0-21. As for Fairbury, their record now sits at 8-14.
 Falls City and Fairbury were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting  back in February of 2024, but Falls City came up empty-handed after  a  37-36 loss. Can Falls City avenge their  defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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