Two dominant forwards in Paige Frickenstein and Rena Rasmussen are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Archbishop Bergan Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Archbishop Bergan 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 97th, while Laurel-Concord-Coleridge is ranked 35th).
Last Saturday, Archbishop Bergan might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Lincoln Christian an easy 61-36 win. Archbishop Bergan has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge entered their tilt with Bloomfield with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge took their matchup at home on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 78-46 win over Bloomfield. That looming 78-46 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge yet this season.
Archbishop Bergan now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.