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Illinois High School Basketball - Cumberland overwhelms Blue Ridge
December 12, 2024: Farmer City, IL 61842
The Cumberland Pirates basketball team scored 59 points and limited the host Blue Ridge Knights to 18 in the Pirates league triumph on Thursday.
The Pirates now have a 7-3 record. They play next when they host Neoga for a non-league game on Friday, December 13. Cumberland will confront a Indians team coming off a 53-38 non-league win over Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine (Oblong, IL). The Indians record now stands at 6-4.
With the loss, Blue Ridge falls to 0-7 on the campaign. The Knights travel to LeRoy (LeRoy, IL) to confront the Panthers in a non-league game on Saturday, December 14. The Panthers go into the game with a record of 6-4. LeRoy lost 35-30 in their recent non-league game against Athens (Athens, IL)
