The Pine Grove Cardinals will head out to challenge the Tamaqua Blue Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Pine Grove and five for Tamaqua.
It was a proper cat-fight when Pine Grove duked it out withPanther Valley on Tuesday. The game between Pine Grove and Panther Valley didn't end well, with Pine Grove falling 65-50.
Meanwhile, Tamaqua came up short against Blue Mountain on Tuesday and fell 71-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (58), the Blue Raiders still had to take the loss.
Pine Grove will have to keep a close watch on Noah Mateyak and Cooper Ansbach, a pair of players who had a big impact on Tamaqua's prior game. Mateyak posted 23 points, while Ansbach had 23 points. That was a full 35.9% of Tamaqua's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Brady Mccabe was another key player, putting up eight points.
Pine Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Tamaqua, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.
Pine Grove strolled past Tamaqua when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 42-26. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine Grove since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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