The Blair Bears and the Gretna East Griffins will round out the year against one another at at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Blair is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
Blair will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 26) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Waverly 50-48.
Blair's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Addie Sullivan, who posted 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Taytum Macholan, who put up 15 points.
Meanwhile, Gretna East made easy work of Gretna on Saturday and carried off a 45-22 win. Given the Griffins' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Dragons are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gretna East has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Blair, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1.
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