Top ranked Shamokin downs Wildcats 83-44

By Bees O’Brien

MILL HALL- Shamokin is a very good basketball team. The Indians entered their contest at Central Mountain with a 13-4 record and are currently the top ranked team in District IV 4A. Shamokin doesn’t have a single senior on their roster, which is trouble for the rest of the PHAC in future seasons.

Junior Joe Hile is a big reason for the Indians success. Hile would torch the Wildcats for 32 points and his third quarter three-point basket would give him his 1,000th career point.

Shamokin opened up the game on a 19-11 run. CM failed to find an answer to Hile and the rest of the Shamokin depth. Shamokin’s 20-15 second quarter would give the Indians a 39-26 lead at the break.

It would be Shamokin’s 18-8 third quarter advantage that would put the finishing touches on the Wildcats. Shamokin was far from done.

A 26-10 final quarter advantage from the Indians would set the final.

Hunter Hoy led Central Mountain with 11 points.

Central Mountain (10-6) will now square off against Mid Penn Conference East leaders St. John Neumann (9-6) in Mill Hall on Monday when Messiah Baldwin Tyrick Moy and the rest of the Golden Knights and their high-octane offense comes to town.

Shamokin 19 20 18 26 – 83

CM 11 15 8 10 – 44

CM (44)

Longworth 3 0-2 7, Myers 1 2-2 4, Hoy 5 1-1 11, Mahoney 2 1-2 5, Walker 2 1-2 6, Grenninger 2 0-0 5, Persun 2 0-0 6, TOTALS- 17 5-9 44

3FG- 5 (Persun 2, Longworth, Walker, Grenninger)