Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Westmont Hilltop thwarts Hazleton
December 28, 2011: Hazleton, PA 18202 The Westmont Hilltop Hilltoppers (Johnstown, PA) basketball felled the host Hazleton Cougars (Hazleton, PA), 57-39 in Wednesday's non-league test.
The Hilltoppers (5-1) will now prepare for their test against Bishop Carroll (Ebensburg, PA). The Huskies go into the Laurel Highlands 1 test with a 3-3 record. In their last test, Bishop Carroll went down by Elverson Military Academy (Philadelphia, PA), 36-31, in a non-league test.
The Cougars now own a 0-6 record. They take the field next when they host James M. Coughlin for a Wyoming Valley 1 test on Tuesday, January 3. Hazleton will clash with a Crusaders squad coming off a 34-27 non-league win over GAR Memorial (Wilkes-Barre, PA). The Crusaders record now stands at 1-6.