The Century Panthers will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against the Anoka Tornadoes at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Century had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top against Owatonna by a score of 56-46.
Meanwhile, Anoka unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. The contest between Anoka and Minnehaha Academy wasn't particularly close, with Anoka falling 77-63. While losing is never fun, Anoka can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Minnehaha Academy is ranked fifth).
Century has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Anoka, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
