The Pender Pendragons and the Elm Creek Buffaloes will face off at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pender comes in on ten and Elm Creek on 21.
Pender is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 53-40 victory over Alma. Given the Pendragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Cardinals are ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Elm Creek didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Cedar Catholic on Friday, but they still walked away with a 54-49 win.
Pender's victory bumped their record up to 27-2. As for Elm Creek, their win bumped their record up to 26-1.
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