KNOX, Pa. – First place in the KSAC South is at stake when Keystone hosts Karns City in boys’ basketball action on Laurel Eye Clinic Tuesday Night Hoops via exploreRadio and exploreClarion.com.
(Photo of Karns City’s Nathan Waltman (left) and Keystone’s Troy Johnson. Waltman photo by Jared Bakaysa. Johnson photo by Kyle Campbell of WiredOutdoors.com)
Fans can listen the game from Keystone High School live on exploreClarion.com. Go straight to the website and the player will work on any mobile device. (You may need to hit the play button in order to get the stream to play) or click here to listen.
The Kerle Tire Pre-Game Show for the approximately 7:30 p.m. tip will start at 6:50 p.m. with Mike Kalinowski and Bob “The Governor” Dunkle on the call with Chris Rossetti providing pre- and post-game interviews.
Keystone enters the game in first place in the South with a 5-1 conference mark and a 12-3 overall record. Karns City is tied for second place in the South with Moniteau at 4-2 with the Gremlins 10-6 overall.
A balanced team, Keystone will be without second-leading Isaak Jones (10.6 ppg), who is out with a hand injury. The Panthers do feature Troy Johnson (10.9 ppg), Dawson Steele (8.8 ppg), Brooks LaVan (7.0 ppg) and Andrew Lauer (6.5 ppg).
Karns City is paced by Nathan Waltman’s 14.2 ppg with Chase Beighley adding 13.9 ppg and Austin Fahlor 12.9 ppg.
Karns City won the first meeting in Karns City, 54-45, Dec. 14. In that game, Waltman had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, Beighley scored a game-high 17 points, Ethan McElroy added 14 points and Fahlor had seven points and 10 rebounds.
Johnson and Steele each scored 10 points for Keystone with LaVan adding nine and Lauer eight.
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