Virginia High School Basketball - Massaponax trounces Essex
February 7, 2019: Spotsylvania, VA 22407 The Massaponax Panthers (Spotsylvania, VA) basketball crushed the visiting Essex Trojans (Tappahannock, VA), 69-47 in Thursday's non-league test.
The Panthers (18-6) will now prepare for their test against Mountain View (Stafford, VA). The Wildcats go into the Commonwealth test with a 5-17 record. In their last test, Mountain View was trounced by Colonial Forge (Stafford, VA), 64-54, in a league test.
The Trojans now own a 1-17 record. They play next when they travel to Lancaster for a Northern Neck test on Friday, February 8. Essex will encounter a Red Devils squad coming off a 55-44 non-league win over Mathews (Mathews, VA). The Red Devils record now stands at 13-8.