Pennsylvania High School Basketball - Mahanoy Area thwarts Minersville
January 4, 2025: Mahanoy City, PA 17948 The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Mahanoy Area Golden Bears (Mahanoy City, PA) and the visiting Minersville Battlin' Miners (Minersville, PA), observed Mahanoy Area's basketball team knock off Minersville by a score of 55-38.
The Golden Bears (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional (Coal Township, PA). The Red Raiders come into the Schuylkill County 2 challenge with a 5-3 record. In their last challenge, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional prevailed over Weatherly (Weatherly, PA), 65-11, in a league challenge.
In their next game, the Battlin' Miners battle the Tamaqua Blue Raiders (Tamaqua, PA) in a Schuylkill County 1 challenge, on Wednesday, January 8. Minersville will attempt to improve on its 0-6 season record. The Blue Raiders come into the challenge with a 10-1 record after their 50-33 non-league win over Executive Education Academy Charter School (Allentown, PA).