The North East Grape Pickers are taking a road trip to challenge the Girard Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, North East turned things around against General McLane on Tuesday. They blew past the Lancers 64-44.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Girard against Northwestern on Tuesday as the team secured a 69-34 win. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Wildcats are ranked 460th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Girard and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for North East, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-6.
North East was dealt a bruising 65-36 defeat at the hands of Girard in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can North East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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