North Carolina High School Basketball - East Rutherford overwhelms Patton
January 3, 2023: Forest City, NC 28018
Fans at Tuesday's league challenge between the East Rutherford Cavaliers (Forest City, NC) and the visiting Patton Panthers (Morganton, NC), saw East Rutherford's basketball squad wallop Patton by a tally of 70-20.
With the victory, East Rutherford improves its record to 11-1 on the campaign. The Cavaliers travel to Crest (Shelby, NC) to confront the Chargers in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, January 4. The Chargers come into the challenge with a record of 2-8. Crest won 60-17 in their recent non-league challenge against Burns (Lawndale, NC)
Next up, the Panthers confront the R-S Central Hilltoppers (Rutherfordton, NC) in a 2A Conference 41 challenge, on Friday, January 6. Patton will attempt to improve on its 0-13 season record. The Hilltoppers come into the challenge with a 0-11 record after their 55-16 league loss to Polk County (Columbus, NC).