Basketball Recap: Harvest Temple Christian Academy Comes Up Short

If Harvest Temple Christian Academy was feeling good fresh off their 37-16 takedown of Ohio E last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Harvest Temple Christian Academy were beaten by the Marion H Hawks 75-26 on Friday. While losing is never fun, Harvest Temple Christian Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 737th, while Marion H is ranked 270th).

Kaylan Pethtel

Steals

02/07/25 vs Marion H	2
02/01/25 @ Ohio E	5
01/30/25 @ Senedot Stripes	3

Despite the loss, Harvest Temple Christian Academy saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Kaylan Pethtel posted ten points. Pethtel is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last three games she's played. Erica Hoffman also deserves some recognition as she posted her first block of the season.

Harvest Temple Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for Marion H, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.

Coming up, Harvest Temple Christian Academy won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Ohio E at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Harvest Temple Christian Academy is facing Ohio E at the right time seeing as Ohio E is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. Marion H does not have any more games scheduled as of now.