The Leroy Greene Academy Lions lost against the Foothill Mustangs back in November of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Leroy Greene Academy was beaten by Foothill 52-12. Leroy Greene Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-8.
Despite the loss, Leroy Greene Academy saw an underclassman step up: Anaya Alston scored 6 points. Alston scored a full 50% of Leroy Greene Academy's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Foothill had a senior duo take command as Kaliyah Benjamin-Wade scored 24 points and Zeniah Thompson scored 19 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Thompson has scored at least 25% of Foothill's points. Another player making a difference was Joyce Runner, who scored 5 points.
Leroy Greene Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Foothill, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Leroy Greene Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Western Sierra Collegiate Academy at 5:30 p.m. on December 12th. As for Foothill, they will be playing at home against San Juan at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. San Juan comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 20 points in their last five games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.
