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| 02/13/26 - Home | 69-27 W |
| 01/25/25 - Away | 69-41 W |
| 01/20/24 - Home | 64-29 W |
| 02/03/23 - Neutral | 58-34 W |
| 01/21/23 - Away | 52-43 W |
If Falls City wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Johnson County Central, they should've done a better job of containing Wes Swanson. The Thunderbirds took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 69-27 victory over the Tigers with plenty of help from Swanson, who went 13-for-16 en route to 32 points and six steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Johnson County Central's points.
Despite the loss, Falls City saw an underclassman step up: freshman Kam Huppert posted seven points. Huppert also set a new season-high mark in three-point shooting accuracy with 50%.
The win made it two in a row for Johnson County Central and bumps their season record up to 14-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 51 points in those games. As for Falls City, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-17.
Johnson County Central and Falls City could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings. The Thunderbirds will take on Auburn at 7:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (83 vs. 10). Meanwhile, Falls City (ranked 223rd) will meet Fairbury (ranked 100th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
