The Shamokin Area Indians will challenge the Allentown Central Catholic Vikings on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Shamokin Area is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 90-60 win over Wyoming Area. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-25.
Joe Hile
| 03/07/25 vs Wyoming Area | 9 |
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Joe Hile was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 19 points and nine boards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Rylan Price, who shot 64% from the field to rack up 18 points.
Shamokin Area was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Allentown Central Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Speedboys 73-49. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Speedboys are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shamokin Area's victory was their 15th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-4. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.5 points over those games. As for Allentown Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 23-4.
Shamokin Area opened the new year with a less-than-successful 62-50 loss to Allentown Central Catholic. Can Shamokin Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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