Having just played yesterday, the North Star Cougars will get right back to it and host the Shanksville Stonycreek Vikings at 7:15 p.m. on February 15th. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Star has six straight wins, Shanksville Stonycreek has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, North Star earned a 52-45 victory over Conemaugh Township.
Brady Weimer was his usual excellent self, scoring 22 points. Another player making a difference was Toby Sheehan, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Shanksville Stonycreek came up short against Northern on Monday and fell 53-41. While losing is never fun, Shanksville Stonycreek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 647th in Pennsylvania, while Northern is ranked 215th in Maryland).
North Star is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Shanksville Stonycreek, they dropped their record down to 9-11 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
North Star took their win against Shanksville Stonycreek in their previous meeting back in January of 2023 by a conclusive 59-34. In that contest, North Star amassed a halftime lead of 41-15, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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