Burncoat at Southbridge: Patriots visit Pioneers on Dec. 23

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Burncoat Patriots visit the Southbridge Pioneers on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, at Southbridge Middle High School. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. Eastern (2:30 p.m. Pacific). Follow the game on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/games/5752095-burncoat-vs-southbridge

Quick look

• Date/time: Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 — 5:30 p.m. ET

• Location: Southbridge Middle High School (Southbridge, Mass.)

• Home: Southbridge Pioneers — https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/teams/178118-southbridge-pioneers (SBLive fans: 0)

• Away: Burncoat Patriots — https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/teams/179322-burncoat-patriots (SBLive fans: 4)

What to know

The teams meet again in Southbridge after a tightly contested game earlier this year. Their most recent meeting came Feb. 5, 2025, at Southbridge Middle High School, when Burncoat edged Southbridge, 27-26 — a one-point thriller (box: https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/games/5047456-burncoat-vs-southbridge). Both programs will look to build momentum heading into the second half of the season; Southbridge’s next game after this one is Jan. 5, 2026, vs. Sizer (https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/games/5752096-sizer-vs-southbridge) and Burncoat’s next is Jan. 7, 2026, vs. Oxford (https://scorebooklive.com/massachusetts/girls-basketball/games/5597513-oxford-vs-burncoat).

Streaming and tickets

• Burncoat broadcast page (NFHS Network): https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/burncoat-high-school-worcester-ma/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

• Southbridge broadcast page (NFHS Network): https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/southbridge-high-school-southbridge-ma/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive

Note: Only official team broadcast pages are linked above. No ticketing links were provided.

Get involved

Follow both teams on SBLive to get updates, increase their fan counts and stay notified for live scoring. Make a pick on the matchup on the Burncoat or Southbridge team pages — picks are for fan engagement and fun, and do not affect any win projections. Numbers and fan counts may change, so follow the teams and make your pick if you want to support a side.