Basketball Recap: Sydney Poole's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Sylva Bay Academy over Newton County Academy

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Sylva Bay Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Newton County Academy Generals by a score of 46-43 on Saturday. The Saints haven't had much luck with the Generals recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.

Sydney Poole

Rebounds

02/08/25 vs Newton County Academy	8
02/06/25 vs Lamar Christian	1
02/04/25 vs Franklin Academy	2
01/31/25 vs Laurel Christian	4
01/28/25 vs Discovery Christian	4
+ 15 more games

Sylva Bay Academy lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Sydney Poole, who posted nine points along with eight boards and four steals. That's the most rebounds Poole has posted since back in November of 2024. Another player making a difference was Livy Shumock, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 boards.

Sylva Bay Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Newton County Academy, the win keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.

As of now, neither Sylva Bay Academy nor Newton County Academy have any future games scheduled.