The Iowa Falls-Alden girls and boys basketball teams received a rare opportunity to kick off the post-holiday portion of their schedules Saturday afternoon.
Traveling to Des Moines to face a program three classes larger (5A) in West Des Moines Valley, both teams viewed the experience as a unique opportunity rather than shrink from the challenge.
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