The Neligh-Oakdale Warriors will challenge the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 31 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Neligh-Oakdale and four for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.
Neligh-Oakdale is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Neligh-Oakdale was dealt a 58-13 defeat at the hands of Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard]. The Warriors were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 43-2.
Meanwhile, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge lost to West Holt on the road by a 61-44 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Huskies are ranked 51st).
Neligh-Oakdale will need focus on slowing down Carter Korth, one of several Laurel-Concord-Coleridge players who made an impact when they last played. He posted ten points. Those ten points gave Korth a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Haisch, who had six points.
Neligh-Oakdale's loss dropped their record down to 0-18. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
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