The Minersville Battlin' Miners lost against the North Schuylkill Spartans back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. Minersville took a 47-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Schuylkill. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Minersville in their matchups with North Schuylkill: they've now lost four in a row.
Several Battlin' Miners players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Dante Carr, who scored 12 points along with 3 steals. Carr scored a full 33.3% of Minersville's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Lorenzo Yourey, who scored 10 points along with 5 rebounds.
North Schuylkill was led to victory by Jack Keiter and Zane Zulkowski. Keiter dropped a double-double on 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Zulkowski scored 19 points along with 5 rebounds and 5 steals. Fernando Rivera was another key contributor, scoring 5 points.
Minersville's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for North Schuylkill, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Minersville won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Mount Carmel at 7:30 p.m. on December 5th. As for North Schuylkill, they will look to defend their home court on Wednesday against Tamaqua at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Tamaqua focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Tuesday.
