Neligh-Oakdale has enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the West Holt Huskies at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Neligh-Oakdale 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 255th, while West Holt is ranked 109th).
Neligh-Oakdale suffered their biggest loss since December 14, 2023 on Tuesday. They were dealt a 65-38 defeat at the hands of West Holt. Neligh-Oakdale was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-18.
Defeat or not, Neligh-Oakdale got some senior leadership from Chase Furstenau and Colson Krebs. Furstenau scored 24 points along with seven rebounds, while Krebs. scored 13 points. That was a full 63.2% of Neligh-Oakdale's points, marking the 12th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Neligh-Oakdale struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only three offensive rebounds. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as West Holt pulled down 20 offensive rebounds.
Neligh-Oakdale's defeat was their 14th straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-13. As for West Holt, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-6.
Neligh-Oakdale was taken down by West Holt 65-38 in their previous meeting on Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Holt's Lincoln Konrad, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Neligh-Oakdale knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
