Neligh-Oakdale Falls To O'Neill In Monday Night Matchups

Neligh-Oakdale started off another full week of basketball in O'Neill on Monday night with a couple of tough losses.

The girls fell to O'Neill 60-35, and the boys were defeated 69-57.

Whitney Beacom and Kinsley Klabenes led the Lady Warriors with 10 points each, followed by Alexis Jensen with 7, Danae Smith 5, Jayda Chance 2 and Shelby Keetle 1.​

Girls scores by quarter:
N-O      12   9    6    8 -  35
O'Neill  10  16  15  19 - 60  

In the boys game, Alex Kerkman put up 10-consecutive points for the Warriors to start the first quarter and finished the game with 19. Grant White tallied 14, followed by Tyson Belitz with 9, Chris Bentley 8, Pepper Marchant 4 and Clayton Anderson 3.

"We played well last night, we just couldn't get enough stops," Coach Frank Gade said. "Regardless, that was some high-level basketball played by both teams last night."

Boys scores by quarter:
N-O      13  12  13  19 - 57
O’Neill  13  16  17  23 - 69