Lancaster County Christian and Berlin Brothersvalley squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly Lancaster County Christian had to settle for second. They took a hard 71-53 fall against the Berlin Brothersvalley Mountaineers. While losing is never fun, Lancaster County Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 454th, while Berlin Brothersvalley is ranked 38th).
Lancaster County Christian lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Denzell Miller, who scored 12 points. Sheldon Fisher was another key contributor, almost dropping a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
Leading Berlin Brothersvalley to victory were Pace Prosser and Craig Jarvis. Prosser scored 28 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds, while Jarvis went 6 for 7 from beyond the arc en route to 24 points and 2 assists. Prosser has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Haydon Hutzell, who scored eight points along with five rebounds and two steals.
Lancaster County Christian has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 18-11 record this season. As for Berlin Brothersvalley, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 26-2.
Lancaster County Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Berlin Brothersvalley, they will head out on the road to square off against Lancaster Country Day at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Berlin Brothersvalley's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
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