A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Niobrara/Verdigre Cougars face off against the Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday... Niobrara/Verdigre will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Niobrara/Verdigre is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against Bloomfield on Saturday, falling 65-43.
Meanwhile, Hartington-Newcastle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 51-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Boyd County.
Niobrara/Verdigre will have to keep a close watch on Brayden Lammers and Carter Kelly, a pair of players who had a big impact on Hartington-Newcastle's prior game. Lammers posted eight points and 11 rebounds, while Kelly had five points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance gave Kelly a new career-high in boards.
Niobrara/Verdigre's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Hartington-Newcastle, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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