Basketball Recap: HEM Beats Encampment for Their Seventh Straight Win

Miners

Previous Games

02/10/25 vs Encampment	53-35
02/08/25 @ Rock River	40-20
02/01/25 vs Casper Christian	39-12
01/25/25 vs Guernsey-Sunrise	43-22
01/24/25 @ Midwest	45-5
+ 2 more games

HEM entered their tilt with Encampment on Monday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They strolled past the Encampment Tigers with points to spare, taking the game 53-35. For the Miners, this counts as revenge for the 42-7 win the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2023.

HEM pushed their record up to 11-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.0 points over those games. As for Encampment, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-10.

HEM will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Farson-Eden at 3:00 p.m. on February 21st. As for Encampment, a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Tigers face off against the Panthers at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.