English Valleys hasn't had much luck against North Mahaska recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The English Valleys Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the North Mahaska Warhawks at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Tuesday, English Valleys was beaten by Montezuma 75-38. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 324th, while the Braves are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, North Mahaska's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 71-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of Keota. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (59), the Warhawks still had to take the loss.
English Valleys' defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for North Mahaska, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 12-2.
English Valleys was dealt a bruising 97-34 defeat at the hands of North Mahaska in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can English Valleys avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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