The Hawthorne Valley Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Germantown Clippers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hawthorne Valley has three straight victories, Germantown has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Hawthorne Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 88-69 win over Hudson Ridge on Wednesday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 74-44 by the end of the third, a deficit the Thunder Chicken cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Oliver Towe, who posted 43 points. Another player making a difference was Noah Vom Stein, who scored 21 points.
Meanwhile, Germantown came up short against Webutuck on Wednesday and fell 55-46.
Hawthorne Valley's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-5. As for Germantown, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Hawthorne Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Germantown in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, sneaking past 50-47. Will Hawthorne Valley repeat their success, or does Germantown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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