Arlington is 1-9 against North Bend Central since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Arlington Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the North Bend Central Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Arlington sitting on four straight victories and North Bend Central on seven.
If Arlington beats North Bend Central with 63 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Arlington blew past Broken Bow 63-41 on Saturday.
Trent Koger
| 01/11/25 vs Broken Bow | 6 |
| 01/26/24 @ Syracuse | 4 |
| 01/10/25 vs Raymond Central | 4 |
| 12/16/23 vs Tekamah-Herman | 4 |
| 12/14/24 vs Brownell Talbot | 2 |
Oliver Ladehoff and Trent Koger were among the main playmakers for Arlington as the former went 11 of 20 on his way to 27 points and the latter dropped a double-double on 15 points and 17 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Koger a new career-high in assists (six). Schuyler Logemann was another key player, going 5 for 10 on his way to 12 points and three steals.
Arlington was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Broken Bow only racked up three assists.
Meanwhile, North Bend Central didn't have too much trouble with Clarkson/Leigh on Thursday as they won 56-40. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Patriots are ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arlington now has a winning record of 6-5. As for North Bend Central, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4.
Arlington was dealt a bruising 63-30 defeat at the hands of North Bend Central in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Arlington avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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