Preview: Horse Creek Academy Stallions vs. Fox Creek Predators
The Horse Creek Academy Stallions will head out on the road to take on the Fox Creek Predators at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Horse Creek Academy beat New Hope Leadership Academy 59-50.
Horse Creek Academy can attribute much of their success to Wesley Green, who scored 22 points. Kingston Hightower was another key contributor, scoring 13 points.
Meanwhile, Fox Creek waltzed into their contest on Thursday with five straight wins but they left with six. Everything went their way against Westminster Schools of Augusta as Fox Creek made off with a 68-48 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Fox Creek has posted against Westminster Schools of Augusta since December 13, 2018.
It was another big night for Connor Cannon, who scored 29 points along with four steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Fox Creek's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kobe Sims, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Horse Creek Academy now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Fox Creek, they pushed their record up to 12-9 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Horse Creek Academy took a serious blow against Fox Creek in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 79-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fox Creek's Brelan Baskett, who scored 17 points along with nine rebounds and four steals. Now that Horse Creek Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
