Basketball Recap: Friday's Victory Is Aletheia Christian Academy's Sixth in Last Eight Outings

Jonah Wipf

Steals (Career)

12/20/24 vs Full Life Christian Academy	4
12/08/23 vs Full Life Christian Academy	3
11/17/23 @ Pensacola Christian Academy	3
01/04/24 vs Full Life Christian Academy	2
01/09/24 @ South Baldwin Christian Academy	2

Aletheia Christian Academy won the last time they faced Full Life Christian Academy, and Jonah Wipf did his part to make sure it happened again. The Aletheia Christian Academy Lions snuck past the Full Life Christian Academy Falcons with a 47-43 victory on Friday thanks in part to Wipf, who posted 13 points along with five assists and four steals. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in steals.

Beau Burke was another key player, putting up six points and seven boards. He continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last four games he's played.

Full Life Christian Academy's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was JT Esfeller, who had 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Foutz, who put up ten points.

Aletheia Christian Academy has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Full Life Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.

Aletheia Christian Academy will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Varsity Opponent at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025. As for Full Life Christian Academy, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 34-25 defeat against Hattiesburg HomeSchool on the 21st.