Basketball Recap: Homer-Center Drops Highest Score of Season Against Conemaugh Valley

Wildcats

Team Score

01/15/25 @ Conemaugh Valley	61
01/10/25 @ Ligonier Valley	49
01/02/25 vs Chestnut Ridge	45
12/27/24 vs Windber	38
01/13/25 vs Portage	28

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Homer-Center). They took down the Conemaugh Valley Blue Jays 61-45 on Wednesday. That's more bragging rights for the Wildcats, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

When it comes to explaining why Conemaugh Valley lost, don't look at Penelope Reininger. Despite the final result, she posted 19 points. That was a full 42.2% of Conemaugh Valley's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Gwen Masser was another key player, putting up six points and ten boards.

Homer-Center has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-8 record this season. As for Conemaugh Valley, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-12.

Homer-Center and Conemaugh Valley could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. Homer-Center (ranked 470th) will meet Penns Manor (ranked 64th) at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Conemaugh Valley will square off against Portage at 7:15 p.m. on Friday down 332 places (577 vs. 245).