Basketball Game Preview: Central Dauphin East Panthers vs. Manheim Township Blue Streaks

The Central Dauphin East Panthers and the Manheim Township Blue Streaks will round out the year against one another at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Dauphin East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Manheim Township will come in with three straight wins.

It was a proper cat-fight when Central Dauphin East faced off against Harrisburg on Friday. Central Dauphin East fell 58-45 to Harrisburg.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manheim Township). They came out on top against J.P. McCaskey by a score of 95-87 on Thursday. Given the Blue Streaks' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Red Tornado are ranked 510th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Central Dauphin East's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Manheim Township, they now have a winning record of 3-2.