Hickory has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 61-59 heartbreaker at the hands of the Sharon Tigers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Hickory's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-3. As for Sharon, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Hickory and Sharon should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. The Hornets will take on Slippery Rock at 7:30 p.m. on Friday with a big rank advantage (96 vs. 562). Meanwhile, Sharon (ranked 100th) will meet Farrell (ranked 255th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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