The Hazleton Area Cougars basketball team (Hazleton, PA), dropped 59-48 in Monday's league battle with the host Crestwood Comets (Mountain Top, PA)

The Comets now sport a 8-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Berwick for a Wyoming Valley 1 battle on Thursday, February 1. Crestwood will battle a Bulldogs team coming off a 43-36 league loss to Wyoming Valley West (Plymouth, PA). The Bulldogs record now stands at 4-15.

The Cougars (17-2) will now prepare for their battle against Wilkes-Barre (Wilkes-Barre, PA). The come into the Wyoming Valley 3 battle with a 1-3 record. In their last battle, Wilkes-Barre prevailed over Berwick (Berwick, PA), 33-32, in a league battle.