American Youth Academy vs River Ridge | Basketball

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American Youth Academy River Ridge

Eagles

Royal Knights

The River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home tournament game against American Youth Academy (Tampa, FL) by a score of 67-58.

Game Details: River Ridge New Year Tournament

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
AYA	10	13	16	19	58
River Ridge	10	14	23	20	67

Final score provided by G. Gillette Jr.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup

Game Stats

American Youth Academy (23-24)

American Youth Academy has not entered stats for this game.

River Ridge (23-24)

River Ridge

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	130	67	24	60	40	41
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	25	1	0	17	0	0
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	8	6	1	2	50	50
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	25	29	9	11	82	82
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)		15	7	12	58	58
14	Colten Weldon (So)	20	5	2	9	22	28
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	7	2	1	1	100	100
22	Dareal KING (So)	14
24	Noah King (So)	21	2	1	2	50	50
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	7	3	6	50	50

River Ridge

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	130	67	1	7	14	18	27	67	23	53	43
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	25	1	0	1	0	1	2	50	0	16	0
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	8	6				4	4	100	1	2	50
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	25	29				11	12	92	9	11	82
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)		15				1	4	25	7	12	58
14	Colten Weldon (So)	20	5	1	6	17	0	2	0	1	3	33
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	7	2							1	1	100
22	Dareal KING (So)	14
24	Noah King (So)	21	2				0	1	0	1	2	50
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	7				1	2	50	3	6	50

River Ridge

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	130	67	7	13	20	8	2	1	8	13
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	25	1	1	1	2	2			2	3
4	A. MELENDEZ (Jr)	8	6				1		1
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	25	29		3	3	1	2		1	3
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)		15	2	1	3	4			2	1
14	Colten Weldon (So)	20	5							2	3
20	AUSTIN BLOMGREN (So)	7	2
22	Dareal KING (So)	14		2	4	6				1	1
24	Noah King (So)	21	2	1	4	5					1
33	JACOB HITCHCOCK (Jr)	10	7	1		1					1

River Ridge

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	1.00	0.25	0.15	0.08
2	ASHTON ADAMS (Jr)	1.00
5	J. CASAREZ (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.67
11	JOHN GOLDEN (So)	2.00

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - American Youth Academy falls to River Ridge

January 5, 2024: New Port Richey, FL 34654

In Friday's non-league match, the host River Ridge Royal Knights basketball team scored a good 67-58 triumph over the American Youth Academy Eagles.

In their next game, the Royal Knights meet the Excel Christian Academy Spartans (Lakeland, FL) in a non-league match, on Saturday, January 6. River Ridge will attempt to better on its 3-8 season record. The Spartans enter the match with a 7-4 record after their 61-60 non-league win over Zephyrhills (Zephyrhills, FL).

With the defeat, American Youth Academy moves to 2-5 on the year. The Eagles host Cristo Rey Tampa (Tampa, FL) to meet the Panthers in a non-league match on Monday, January 8. The Panthers enter the match with a record of 2-6. Cristo Rey Tampa won 44-22 in their recent non-league match against Varsity Opponent (, )

Players of the Game

American Youth Academy (23-24)

American Youth Academy has not selected any Players of the Game.

River Ridge (23-24)

Congratulations to #5 JONATHAN CASAREZ for being selected the River Ridge Basketball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

American Youth Academy (23-24)

FL
751

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-12	4-3	3-6	3-5	0-1	.333	.571	805	1,207

River Ridge (23-24)

FL	Class
670	97

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
6-15	1-2	5-9	1-5	0-1	.286	.333	974	1,145

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
American Youth Academy	10.7	13.0	12.8	13.5	-	44.7
River Ridge	10.7	12.2	13.7	10.5	2.0	46.4

Head-to-Head

River Ridge won on 11/29/2023

11/29 @ 7:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

AYA 4 10 10 0 24
River Ridge 20 28 15 7 70

The American Youth Academy (Tampa, FL) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 70-24.
Box score
River Ridge won on 1/5/2024

1/5 @ 10:30a Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

AYA 10 13 16 19 58
River Ridge 10 14 23 20 67

The American Youth Academy (Tampa, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away tournament game against River Ridge (New Port Richey, FL) by a score of 67-58.
Box score

11/29 @ 7:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
AYA	4	10	10	0	24
River Ridge	20	28	15	7	70

Team Stat Comparison

American Youth Academy		River Ridge
19.1	Points Per Game	44.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	24.7
-	Assists Per Game	7.8
-	Steals Per Game	5.2
-	Blocks Per Game	1.5

Team Leaders

American Youth Academy		River Ridge	National Avg.
#1 Obaida Takrouri 10.5	Points Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER15.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Dareal KING6.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#2 ASHTON ADAMS1.7	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#13 JACOB YEAGER1.6	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#22 Dareal KING0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
American Youth Academy	2-3		River Ridge	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/3/23	American Youth Academy	Cristo Rey Tampa	(W) 44-36	2/2/24	Cristo Rey Tampa	River Ridge	(W) 85-36
11/14/23	Cristo Rey Tampa	American Youth Academy	(W) 57-49
1/8/24	Cristo Rey Tampa	American Youth Academy	(L) 64-57
1/4/24	American Youth Academy	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 79-31	1/11/24	River Ridge	Nature Coast Tech	(L) 42-31
1/6/24	Zephyrhills	American Youth Academy	(L) 64-18	2/6/24	River Ridge	Zephyrhills	(L) 75-27

Record Breakdown

American Youth Academy (23-24)		River Ridge (23-24)
6-12	Overall	6-15
4-3	League	1-2
2-6	Non-League	4-10
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-3	Common Opponent	1-2
3-6	Home	5-9
3-5	Away	1-5
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-0	Playoff	0-1
5-12	In-State	6-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0