Crete was the 54-48 winner over York when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Crete Cardinals received a blow on Friday as they fell 61-42 to the York Dukes. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Dukes are ranked 22nd).
Lainey Portwine was her usual excellent self, shooting 6-for-11 from deep and dropping a double-double on 26 points and ten boards for York. Those 26 points gave Portwine a new career-high. Kinslee Kern was another key player, putting up 15 points and six rebounds.
Cardinals
| 01/17/25 vs York | 42-61 |
| 01/11/25 vs Scottsbluff | 60-52 |
| 01/10/25 vs Gering | 53-50 |
| 01/04/25 @ Mercy | 57-29 |
| 01/03/25 @ Waverly | 45-58 |
Crete moved to 5-7 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for York, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Crete has already played their next matchup (against Blair), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. York will be playing at home against Norris at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. York's defense has only allowed 28.4 points per game this season, so Norris' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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