Garden Spot was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 71-52 bruising from the Ephrata Mountaineers. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 277th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 89th).
Garden Spot's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Ephrata, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Garden Spot and Elizabethtown will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Ephrata, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Northern Lebanon at 6:00 p.m. on December 27th.
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