Old Forge hasn't had much luck against Holy Cross recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Old Forge Blue Devils will welcome the Holy Cross Crusaders at 7:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Holy Cross is hoping to do what Wyoming Area couldn't on Friday: put an end to Old Forge's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Old Forge wrapped up 2024 with a 60-46 victory over Wyoming Area. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Warriors are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross hadn't done well against Scranton Prep recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Holy Cross' way against Scranton Prep as Holy Cross made off with a 69-47 win. The Crusaders pushed the score to 49-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cavaliers had little chance of recovering from.
Old Forge's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Holy Cross, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Old Forge couldn't quite finish off Holy Cross in their previous meeting back in January and fell 66-63. Can Old Forge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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