On Tuesday, Ankeny faced Northwest in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Ankeny Hawks lost 3-0 to the Northwest Wolves. Ankeny has not had much luck with Northwest recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Ankeny's defeat dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Northwest, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Ankeny will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Ankeny Centennial at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Northwest, they didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory vs. Prairie on the 27th.
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