The Crawford Rams and the Perkins County Plainsmen will compete for holiday cheer at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Crawford has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Crawford is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Minatare to the tune of 54-26 on Tuesday. The Rams have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Keslyn Vogel
| 12/16/25 @ Minatare | 7 |
| 12/06/25 vs Chadron | 6 |
| 12/05/25 @ Bayard | 5 |
| 02/01/25 vs Potter-Dix | 5 |
| 02/20/25 vs Cody-Kilgore | 4 |
Crawford relied on the efforts of Keslyn Vogel, who shot 44% from the field en route to 16 points in addition to seven assists and six rebounds, and Leah Holmgren, who went 6-for-11 to rack up 14 points along with seven boards and three steals. Those seven assists gave Vogel a new career-high. Peyton Osmotherly was another key player, putting up eight points in addition to seven boards and four steals.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Crawford was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive games.
Perkins County had taken Dundy County-Stratton down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Friday. The Plainsmen took a 54-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Plainsmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Tigers are ranked fourth).
Crawford's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Perkins County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
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