The Alma Cardinals and the Cedar Catholic Trojans will face off at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Alma heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Friday. They fell 53-40 to Pender. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Pendragons are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Cedar Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 54-49 hit to the loss column at the hands of Elm Creek.
Alma's loss dropped their record down to 21-7. As for Cedar Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-12.
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