If Lower Dauphin wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Lampeter-Strasburg, they should've done a better job of containing Chase Smucker. The Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers slipped by the Lower Dauphin Falcons 61-60 on Thursday thanks in part to Smucker, who went 9 of 22 en route to 26 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Lampeter-Strasburg's points.

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Another player making a difference was Connor Kouterick, who posted nine points and six steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals.
The victory made it two in a row for Lampeter-Strasburg and bumps their season record up to 16-6. As for Lower Dauphin, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Looking ahead, Lampeter-Strasburg will head out on the road to take on Ephrata at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lampeter-Strasburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.1 points per game this season. As for Lower Dauphin, they will welcome Mifflin County at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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