The Arkansas City Bulldogs will face off against the Newton Railroaders on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Arkansas City has six straight victories, Newton has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Arkansas City will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Goddard, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Arkansas City came out on top against Goddard by a score of 51-39 on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Lions are ranked 195th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Newton lost to Andover Central on the road by a 46-29 margin on Friday. The Railroaders were down 40-18 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Arkansas City's win bumped their record up to 13-1. As for Newton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Arkansas City didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Newton when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 43-38 victory. Will Arkansas City repeat their success, or does Newton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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