Eastern Lebanon County lost against Lampeter-Strasburg back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Eastern Lebanon County Raiders fell to the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers 53-49. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Pioneers are ranked 195th).
Lampeter-Strasburg's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Chase Messinger led the charge by going 7 for 10 on his way to 18 points and three steals. The dominant performance gave Messinger a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Smucker, who posted 15 points.
Eastern Lebanon County has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-5.
Eastern Lebanon County has already played their next game (against Cocalico), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Lampeter-Strasburg has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Dallastown.
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