Beatrice is 1-9 against Crete since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Beatrice Orangemen will head out on the road to take on the Crete Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Beatrice will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Nebraska Rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Crete is ranked seventh).
Saturday just wasn't the day for Beatrice's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 4-0 walloping at the hands of Elkhorn on Saturday. Beatrice has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Crete put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They had just enough and edged Lexington out 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Crete was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Osvin Garcia Velasquez and
Diego Espinoza Mendez, who scored both of Crete's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Beatrice's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Crete, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Beatrice suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Crete in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Beatrice avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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