After flying high against Dover last Friday, Pine Plains came back down to earth. The Pine Plains Bombers fell 76-65 to the Hawthorne Valley Wildcats on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (61), the Bombers still had to take the loss.
Hawthorne Valley got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Francis Newlin out in front who posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Oliver Towe, who scored 16 points.
Pine Plains' defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Hawthorne Valley, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 10-5.
Pine Plains won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Webutuck at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Plains has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last four games. As for Hawthorne Valley, they will also get right back to it: they'll take on Loudonville Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hawthorne Valley is on a five-game streak of home wins, Loudonville Christian a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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