After both having extra time off, the Sigourney Savages and the Lynnville-Sully Hawks will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sigourney is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Montezuma just ended the team's five-game winning streak last Friday. They lost to the Braves at home by a 64-46 margin.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Lynnville-Sully faced off against Keota last Friday. Lynnville-Sully pulled ahead with a 50-49 photo finish over Keota. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Eagles are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lynnville-Sully's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Sigourney, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 6-2.
Sigourney suffered a grim 44-21 defeat to Lynnville-Sully in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Sigourney avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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