Illinois High School Basketball - Riverton knocked off by Mt. Pulaski
December 5, 2023: Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548 The Mt. Pulaski Hilltoppers basketball team scored 39 points and held the visiting Riverton Hawks to 25 in the Hilltoppers non-league triumph on Tuesday.
The Hilltoppers now sport a 6-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Illini Central/Greenview for a Sangamo contest on Thursday, December 7. Mt. Pulaski will meet a team coming off a 41-24 league loss to Illini Bluffs (Glasford, IL). The record now stands at 8-1.
The Hawks (3-3) will now prepare for their contest against Meridian (Macon, IL). The Hawks enter the non-league contest with a 2-6 record. In their last contest, Meridian was outscored by Cerro Gordo/Bement (Cerro Gordo, IL), 55-41, in a non-league contest.