Nebraska High School Basketball - Pender nudges Oakland-Craig
January 4, 2025: Pender, NE 68047 The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Pender Pendragons (Pender, NE) and the visiting Oakland-Craig Knights (Oakland, NE), observed Pender's basketball team edge Oakland-Craig by a score of 54-50.
The Pendragons (11-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Bancroft-Rosalie (Bancroft, NE). The Panthers come into the D2 District 3 challenge with a 3-4 record. In their last challenge, Bancroft-Rosalie edged Tekamah-Herman (Tekamah, NE), 72-27, in a non-league challenge.
In their next game, the Knights encounter the Omaha Nation Chiefs (Macy, NE) in a non-league challenge, on Tuesday, January 7. Oakland-Craig will attempt to improve on its 9-1 season record. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a 7-3 record after their 65-47 non-league loss to Homer (Homer, NE).