The Aitkin Gobblers are taking a road trip to challenge the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Aitkin has three straight victories, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Aitkin is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Ashby 74-52 on Monday. Given the Gobblers' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Arrows are ranked 336th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted ended up a good deal behind Glencoe-Silver Lake last Friday and lost 73-58.
Aitkin pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
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