The Conestoga Pioneers and the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers will round out the year against one another at at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Conestoga comes in on four and Lampeter-Strasburg on five.
Last Thursday, Conestoga beat Garnet Valley 47-39. The 47-point effort marked the Pioneers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Lampeter-Strasburg beat Donegal 59-54 on Friday. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Indians are ranked 464th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Conestoga better focus on containing Chase Smucker and Jared Hostetter as the pair were huge in Lampeter-Strasburg's win. Smucker went 8 of 20 on his way to 25 points, while Hostetter went 5 for 8 on his way to 12 points and four steals. Smucker's evening made it five games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Messinger, who posted seven points.
Conestoga's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
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