A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Chestnut Ridge Lions challenge the Homer-Center Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday... Chestnut Ridge will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Chestnut Ridge is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Greater Johnstown last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Chestnut Ridge was beaten by Greater Johnstown 73-21. The Lions were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 33-13.
Meanwhile, Homer-Center managed to keep up with Richland until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Homer-Center came up short against Richland, falling 50-25. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 506th, while the Rams are ranked 168th).
Homer-Center's loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Chestnut Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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