On Thursday, the Beatrice Orangemen faced the Waverly Vikings in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Beatrice fell 49-42 to Waverly. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Beatrice of the 66-57 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in February of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Waverly to victory, but perhaps none more so than Parker Christiansen, who scored 16 points. Christiansen has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Tritz, who scored 11 points.
Beatrice's defeat ended a eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 16-4. As for Waverly, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Beatrice does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Waverly also has no future games currently scheduled.
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