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Thursday’s game between High Plains and Nebraska Lutheran was as back and forth as it gets. After leading throughout a majority of the contest, the Storm fell behind late, used a late surge to force overtime, and eventually fell to the Knights 51-49.

St. Paul shot the lights out of the Bison Dome last Tuesday in Central City, making sixteen three-pointers on the way to a 69-45 win over the hosts.

The Nebraska Christian Eagles kept in contention on Saturday despite a bevy of talented wrestlers competing on the mats at the Bob Orsborn Classic.

Central City’s size and defensive pressure was too much for St. Paul to handle last Tuesday as the Bison used a hot start to run away with a convincing 63-25 win.

After eight minutes of play in last Thursday’s game between High Plains Community and Nebraska Lutheran, the Storm were left searching for answers as the Knights built a quick and commanding 18-2 lead.

Forty-four Class B teams and nearly 700 total wrestlers made the trip to the Columbus Fieldhouse for last Thursday’s annual Norm Manstedt Invitational hosted by High Plains Community Schools.

In a battle of undefeated, state-rated, state tournament-hopeful teams, the Central City Bison suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday when they fell to Malcolm at the Nebraska Girls Basketball Showcase in Kearney, 47-38.

The Central City Bison were hoping to hit the throttle in the new year, and the advantage provided to the Green and Gold on their home mats on Saturday was a key part in aiding the team in accomplishing that goal.

The Bison just couldn’t find the bottom of the net in last Friday’s road battle with Arcadia/Loup City, shooting twenty- one percent from the field and falling to the Rebels 58-28. Alongside the Green and Gold’s shooting woes, the Bison coughed up twenty- five turnovers to Arcadia/Loup City’s six.

After suffering an overtime loss to Shelby- Rising City three days prior, the High Plains Storm got back on track last Tuesday with a 49-37 victory over Riverside.