River Valley lost against Penns Manor back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The River Valley Panthers took a 71-58 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Penns Manor Comets. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Panthers came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Comets are ranked 298th).
Alex Polenik continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Penns Manor, dropping a double-double on 22 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Polenik a new career-high in points. Dylan Kuzemchak was another key player, going 6 of 11 on his way to 15 points and seven rebounds.
River Valley's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. As for Penns Manor, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-3.
River Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Leechburg at 4:30 p.m. on December 27th. As for Penns Manor, they will take on Northern Cambria in a tournament on Thursday. Penns Manor is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.
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