Two Out of Three Ain't Bad: Central Meatloafs the Week

The Central Dragon Boys Basketball team faced three tough opponents this past week: Penn Cambria, Somerset and Bellwood. The Dragons came out victorious in two of their games this week; once with a 59–38 victory over Somerset, and another with a 62–39 win over Bellwood. Central lost to Penn Cambria with an overtime score of 63-59.

The Dragons faced Penn Cambria on Monday of last week but lost in overtime to the Panthers. Despite their first-half performance, the Dragons made a comeback to tie the game with 28 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Despite Eli Lingenfelter’s 32 points for the Dragons, and Seth Bean’s 18 points, the Dragons could not overcome the Panthers. Central’s JV also lost to the Panthers 49-34 with Nick Garver as their high scorer with 15 points.

The Dragons cruised through the rest of the week, starting with their Wednesday game against the Somerset Eagles. Tyrell Rolle led the Dragons with 18 points against the Eagles, and with Lingenfelter’s 17 points, and Bean’s 10 points, Central easily crushed Somerset. The Dragon’s JV was also victorious over the Eagles with a score of 48-19, and a high scorer of Eli Muthler with 12 points.

Sitting at their final game of the week, the Dragons did not let up against the Bellwood Blue Devils on Thursday. Bean headed the Dragon’s offensive attack with 13 points, while both Rolle and Hunter Smith tacked on 11 points each for Central. Rylan Daugherty gave 10 points for the Dragons as well, leading to a swift Central victory. Central’s JV was victorious as well, beating the Blue Devils 44-36. High scorer was Eli Muthler with 16 points. The Dragons, now sitting at 5-1, played in the Hollidaysburg RTR Classic Tournament that began on Tuesday, after press time.