Perham was the 65-53 winner over Barnesville when they last played one another back in March of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Perham Yellowjackets opened the new year with a less-than-successful 71-60 defeat to the Barnesville Trojans. The Yellowjackets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Perham lost on Friday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Cora Grismer, who went 5 for 11 on her way to 13 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaia Anderson, who posted 19 points.
Perham now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Barnesville, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-3.
Perham and Barnesville could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. Perham (ranked 142nd) will meet Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (ranked 26th) at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Similarly, Barnesville (ranked 98th) will meet Pelican Rapids (ranked 15th) at 6:00 p.m. on January 10th.
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