The Northeastern Knights traveled to Middletown on Friday, Dec. 20 to battle the Shenandoah Raiders in a game between potential sectional opponents.
The Raiders had the upper hand early, taking a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Knights fought back to build a 42-33 lead entering the fourth quarter, then held off a Raider rally to take a 51-45 win.
Northeastern Knights displayed their usual balanced attack. Eight Knights scored. Landon Scarrette led with 16 points and Noah Payne scored 12 points.
Northeastern (6-0) 7 19 16 9 51
Payne 12, Kaleb Moore 3, Logan Seal 2, Tre Vanlandingham 5, Scarrette 16, Marshall Phillips 0, Matthew Truitt 2, Sam White 9, Cooper Cline 2 — Total 51
Shenandoah (5-1) 10 12 11 12 45
Individual statistics unavailable.
A version of this article appeared in the January 1 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.