The Battle Mountain Huskies will venture away from home to face off against the Middle Park Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Battle Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Rifle with a 73-68 win on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
| 12/17/24 vs Rifle | 29 |
| 12/14/24 @ Meeker | 17 |
| 12/13/24 vs Lake County | 8 |
| 12/12/24 vs Windsor Charter Academy | 11 |
Charlie Strauch was his usual excellent self, putting up 29 points. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 16.2 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Blake Roberts, who posted 15 points.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Middle Park over Lake County in every quarter on their way to victory on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Middle Park blew Lake County out of the water with an 88-52 final score. That 36 point margin sets a new team best for Middle Park this season.
Middle Park's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.4 points. As for Battle Mountain, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Battle Mountain came up short against Middle Park when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 57-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Middle Park's Joey Gagnon, who earned 20 points along with five boards and five steals. Now that Battle Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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