The Carbondale Area Chargers basketball team (Carbondale, PA), was routed 53-27 in Wednesday's league battle with the host Riverside Vikings (Taylor, PA)

The Vikings now sport a 3-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Holy Cross for a Lackawanna 3 battle on Saturday, January 6. Riverside will battle a Crusaders team coming off a 41-40 league loss to Old Forge (Old Forge, PA). The Crusaders record now stands at 0-4.

The Chargers (0-1) will now prepare for their battle against Mid Valley (Throop, PA). The Spartans come into the Lackawanna 3 battle with a 4-5 record. In their last battle, Mid Valley was routed by Dunmore (Dunmore, PA), 61-34, in a league battle.