{"id":134400,"date":"2026-03-10T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:33:10","slug":"red-lion-takes-down-scranton-in-a-playoff-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/134400\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Lion Takes Down Scranton in a Playoff Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\">With a playoff win on the line, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/red-lion\/red-lion-lions\/basketball\/girls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Red Lion<\/a> rose to the challenge  on Friday. They took down the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/scranton-knights\/basketball\/girls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scranton Knights<\/a> 49-34. The final result isn&#8217;t all that surprising considering the Lions&#8217; considerable advantage  in MaxPreps&#8217; Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Knights are ranked 130th).<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\"> Red Lion&#8217;s success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/red-lion\/red-lion-lions\/athletes\/bekah-sedora\/?careerid=g0vcc0kj1eu88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Bekah Sedora<\/a> led the charge by  almost  dropping  a double-double with 25 points and nine  boards. What&#8217;s more,  Sedora also posted a 60%  three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest she&#8217;s  achieved since back in January. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/red-lion\/red-lion-lions\/athletes\/julia-sedora\/?careerid=amfhen017hjh1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Julia Sedora<\/a> was another key player,  putting up 15  points and seven  rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ID569dae9178cc460a9b11c896b8db6209\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773145990_191_411b0c53-7d6b-4fe7-b6c1-7166693476d7.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ID542ea61c7c41461982c51b503f7b5ada\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\">Lions<\/p>\n<p>03\/06\/26 @ Scranton49-3402\/02\/26 @ New Oxford41-3401\/30\/26 @ Northeastern50-1701\/20\/26 @ Central York44-3901\/09\/26 @ South Western49-37<a id=\"ID4653a7d25110471599d767ebd46cc98e\" style=\"color:#212021;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:14px;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/red-lion\/red-lion-lions\/basketball\/girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">+ 6 more games<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\">Red Lion pushed their record up to 24-4 with the  win, which was their 11th straight  on the road dating back to last season. As for Scranton, their loss  ended  a  three-game streak of wins at home  and  dropped them to 11-14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> Looking ahead, Red Lion will take on Easton Area at 6:00  p.m.  on Tuesday. Scranton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.<\/p>\n<p>Article generated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/infosentience.com\/\">infoSentience<\/a> based on data entered on MaxPreps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a playoff win on the line, Red Lion rose to the challenge on Friday. 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