#1 Dragons Top #9 Valley 59-22
23 JAN 24 Johnston IA The #1 Dragons Girls (16-0) #9 Valley (8-7) 59-22 in a special night at Johnston High School as Johnston was celebrating their coaches vs. Cancer games. Valley came into this CIML Conference matchup with notable losses to ranked CIML opponents #8 Ankeny (55-50), #4 Waukee (59-48), #13 Waukee Northwest (49-42) and #5 Ankeny Centennial (40-30). Johnston has the latest wins over a ranked opponent at #3 Dowling Catholic (43-31) and #1 Ranked in Nebraska Millard West (75-51). Senior Aili Tanke led the way with 18 points, while junior Amani Jenkins had 11 points in the win.
Dragons Drops a Heartbreaker 58-52 to #4 Valley
23 JAN 24 Johnston IA #4 Valley (10-3) topped the Johnston Boys 58-52 in a heartbreaker game at Johnston High School. Johnston was also celebrating their coach’s vs. cancer game. Valley had a notable loss against a CIML Conference opponent, Waukee (53-49), back on December 21, 2023. Johnston came into this Tuesday night clash with a win over Dowling Catholic (47-40). Valley junior Trevin Jirak led the way for Valley with 16 points. Johnston Senior Trovary Cavil collected 22 points in the loss.
“I thought we did some really good things. They are a very good team. We communicated well and took them out of their offense. We did a nice job offensively in running our offense,” said Johnston head coach Courtney Henderson.
#1 Dragons Prevail a 64-59 Win over #5 Ankeny Centennial
26 JAN 24 Ankeny IA The #1 Dragons Girls (17-0) Prevailed a nail-biter win over #5 Ankeny Centennial (9-7) 64-59 in a Friday Night CIML Conference Clash at Ankeny Centennial High School. Ankeny Centennial came into this game with notable games against CIML Conference opponents #12 Waukee Northwest (52-45), #11 Southeast Polk (51-40), #9 Valley (40-30), and a notable loss to #4 Waukee (60-53). The Dragons looked to keep their winning ways and their undefeated season alive. Senior Aili Tanke and junior Amani Jenkins scored a combined total of 35 points. Tanke scored 19 points, and Jenkins scored 16 points.
Dragons top Iowa City Library 55-42
27 JAN 24 Waukee IA The Dragon Boys (9-6) faced off against Iowa City Library (5-8) for the first time in school history Saturday afternoon. This was one of two games played on Saturday as Johnston took part in a MVC-CIML showdown. Seniors Dalen Huston and Trovary Cavil scored a combined total of 33 points in the win. Huston 20 points and Cavil 13 points. Johnston shot a team field goal percentage of 51%.
“Saturday afternoon games can be tough. I felt we executed pretty good defensively,” said Johnston Head Coach Courtney Henderson.
