The Penn Cambria Panthers suffered their biggest loss since December 1, 2023 on Friday. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 64-39 walloping at the hands of Forest Hills. It was the first time this season that Penn Cambria let down their fans at home.
Despite the defeat, Penn Cambria saw an underclassman step up: Makenna Mccoy scored seven points along with five rebounds and five steals. Another player making a difference was Isabelle Andersen, who scored nine points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Forest Hills to victory, but perhaps none more so than Olivia Mcleary, who scored 16 points. That's the first time this season that Mcleary scored 15 or more points. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Schirato, who scored ten points along with eight rebounds and three blocks.
Penn Cambria's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-6. As for Forest Hills, their win was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Penn Cambria will challenge Richland at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Richland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Friday. As for Forest Hills, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Greater Latrobe at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Greater Latrobe has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
