Basketball Game Preview: Tamaqua Blue Raiders vs. North Schuylkill Spartans

The Tamaqua Blue Raiders will head out on the road to take on the North Schuylkill Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Tamaqua will be strutting in after a win while North Schuylkill will be coming in after a loss.

Tamaqua is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since January 30, 2024 on Friday. They blew past Panther Valley 69-45.

Meanwhile, North Schuylkill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 82-34 loss at the hands of Minersville. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 563rd, while the Battlin' Miners are ranked 64th).

North Schuylkill's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Tamaqua, their win bumped their record up to 7-14.

Tamaqua came out on top in a nail-biter against North Schuylkill in their previous matchup back in January, sneaking past 62-60. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Schuylkill's Zack Marcinowski, who went 10 for 14 en route to 27 points and six boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Tamaqua still be able to contain Marcinowski? There's only one way to find out.