The Ashland-Greenwood Bluejays lost against the Bennington Badgers back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Ashland-Greenwood fell 51-38 to Bennington. While losing is never fun, Ashland-Greenwood can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Bennington is ranked 35th).
Ashland-Greenwood lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jadah Laughlin, who scored ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Marley Glock, who scored four points.
Bennington's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Amelia Wempen led the charge by scoring 11 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Wempen has scored all season. Skylar Johnson was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Ashland-Greenwood's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Bennington, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Ashland-Greenwood won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Douglas County West at 6:00 p.m. on February 2nd. Hopefully Ashland-Greenwood focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Thursday. As for Bennington, they and South Sioux City will face off at 5:30 p.m. on February 2nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Bennington focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Thursday.
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