It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds face off against the Fertile-Beltrami Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Monday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Back in December of 2024, Mahnomen/Waubun took a blow against Cass Lake-Bena, falling 88-56. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Thunderbirds have suffered against the Panthers since December 23, 2021.
Meanwhile, Fertile-Beltrami had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They walked away with a 56-47 victory over the Raiders. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Raiders are ranked 290th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fertile-Beltrami pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Mahnomen/Waubun, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Mahnomen/Waubun might still be hurting after the 84-64 loss they got from Fertile-Beltrami when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Mahnomen/Waubun avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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