Basketball Recap: Fertile-Beltrami's Run of Six Straight Victories Now Over

Falcons

Previous 5 Games

01/07/25 @ East Grand Forks	58-69
01/06/25 vs Mahnomen/Waubun	72-53
01/03/25 @ Lake Park-Audubon	56-47
12/17/24 vs Stephen-Argyle Central	61-59
12/16/24 @ Sacred Heart	59-50

It was a good run, but Fertile-Beltrami unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 69-58 to the East Grand Forks Green Wave. The Falcons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Green Wave apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in January of 2024.

Fertile-Beltrami's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2. As for East Grand Forks, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-3.

Fertile-Beltrami will square off against Win-E-Mac at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Fertile-Beltrami knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Win-E-Mac likes a good challenge. As for East Grand Forks, they will venture away from home to take on Perham at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.