Basketball Recap: Central Takes a Loss

Central lost to Bellwood-Antis last Monday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Dragons fell 58-47 to the Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 414th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 186th).

Addie Imes

Steals

01/07/26 @ Bellwood-Antis	4
12/22/25 vs Huntingdon	3
12/17/25 vs Philipsburg-Osceola	6
12/10/25 vs Tyrone	4

When it comes to explaining why Central lost, don't look at Addie Imes. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double with 24 points and ten rebounds. Imes is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least three every time she's taken the court this season. Alexis Rhykerd also deserves some recognition as she posted her first blocks of the season.

Lilly Gerwert had another great game (as she tends to do), dropping a double-double with 25 points and 17 boards for Bellwood-Antis. That makes it four consecutive games in which Gerwert has scored at least a third of the Blue Devils' points. Another player making a difference was Isabella Sloey, who posted 13 points along with six rebounds and four steals.

Central's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Bellwood-Antis, their record now sits at 7-3.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Central will take on rival Bald Eagle Area at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Bellwood-Antis is set to square off against their familiar foe Bishop Guilfoyle at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.