The Cheektowaga Chargers will square off against the Iroquois Redhawks at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cheektowaga is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lake Shore 92-51 on Monday. The victory continues a trend for the Chargers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, Iroquois suffered their closest loss since January 5, 2024 on Monday. They fell just short of Lackawanna by a score of 60-58. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Redhawks came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Steelers are ranked 641st).
Cheektowaga pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.8 points over those games. As for Iroquois, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-3.
Cheektowaga beat Iroquois 53-45 when the teams last played back in March of 2021. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Iroquois' Trey Kleitz, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and ten assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cheektowaga still be able to contain Kleitz? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
