Red Devils jump to a winning start

Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi

Lancaster’s varsity boys basketball team is riding a three-game winning streak to start the 2018 season.

The Class 1 state champion Red Devils picked up a season-opening win over Northampton, 86-53, last Tuesday then beat Tidewater District’s Middlesex and Mathews back-to-back last Thursday and Friday. Lancaster will play in the John Stone Memorial Basketball Classic at Christchurch School tomorrow, December 7, and Saturday, December 8. The Devils will play Middlesex again at home on Wednesday, December 12.

Lancaster 86

Northampton 53

Lancaster blew open a two-point game with a 19-9 third quarter run then put up 34 points in the fourth to cap a 53-point second half…