Upper Perkiomen is 2-8 against Phoenixville since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Upper Perkiomen Indians will be playing at home against the Phoenixville Phantoms at 12:30 p.m. Upper Perkiomen will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings (they are ranked 573rd, while Phoenixville is ranked 242nd).
Even though Upper Perkiomen has not done well against Pottsgrove recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Upper Perkiomen walked away with a 41-32 win over Pottsgrove.
Erin States was her usual excellent self, scoring 18 points. Another player making a difference was Natalie Kearney, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Phoenixville pushed their score all the way to 68 on Saturday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 73-68 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sun Valley.
Upper Perkiomen's victory bumped their record up to 5-14. As for Phoenixville, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5.
Upper Perkiomen took a serious blow against Phoenixville when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 64-27. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Upper Perkiomen was down 43-17.