Adams Central and St. Cecilia are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. The Adams Central Patriots will challenge the St. Cecilia Bluehawks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Adams Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.2 points per game this season.
Adams Central is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Crete just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell to the Cardinals 55-51.
Despite the loss, Adams Central got top-tier performance from Hunter Nepple, who posted 28 points. That was a full 54.9% of Adams Central's points, marking the third time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Vontz, who had 12 points.
Meanwhile, St. Cecilia was beaten by Kearney Catholic 65-28 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Bluehawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 238th, while the Stars are ranked 113th).
Adams Central's defeat dropped their record down to 10-7. As for St. Cecilia, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-16.
Everything came up roses for Adams Central against St. Cecilia when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 63-27 victory. In that game, Adams Central amassed a halftime lead of 30-9, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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