The Riverside Vikings will take on the Honesdale Hornets at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Riverside has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Honesdale will come in with four straight victories.
Last Tuesday, Riverside had to suffer through a 62-30 loss at the hands of Dunmore. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Bucks are ranked 59th).
Meanwhile, Honesdale hadn't done well against Western Wayne recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Honesdale strolled past Western Wayne with points to spare, taking the game 52-35. While the Hornets didn't have the best season last year (they finished 1-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Honesdale has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.5 points per game. As for Riverside, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
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