The Neligh-Oakdale Warriors can finally bid farewell to their eight-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Thursday. They walked away with a 52-39 victory over Stanton. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest win Neligh-Oakdale has managed all season.
Chase Furstenau continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 36 points. That makes it eight consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Neligh-Oakdale's points. Colson Krebs was another key contributor, scoring nine points.
Loss or not, Stanton got some senior leadership from Mitchell Hupp who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds and Tanner Simmerman who scored five points along with 15 rebounds and three blocks. Those 13 points set a new season-high mark for him.
Even though they lost, Stanton were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
Neligh-Oakdale's win bumped their record up to 1-7. As for Stanton, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-7.
Neligh-Oakdale won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Lutheran-Northeast at 7:15 p.m. on December 29th. Lutheran-Northeast will be coming into the game with an undefeated record on the line. Stanton won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Hartington-Newcastle at 2:00 p.m. on December 29th. Hopefully Hartington-Newcastle focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 31 on Thursday.
