Cornerstone Christian and North River Christian are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. The Cornerstone Christian Chargers will head out on the road to face off against the North River Christian Chargers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Cornerstone Christian has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 253 points over their last four contests.
Cornerstone Christian pushed their score all the way to 56 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 62-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of North River Christian. While losing is never fun, Cornerstone Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while North River Christian is ranked 97th).
The losing side was boosted by Noah Gassner, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 10 rebounds. He scored a full 58.9% of Cornerstone Christian's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Waugh, who scored 7 points along with 5 rebounds.
Cornerstone Christian's victory pushed their record up to 1-3, while North River Christian's bumped their own up to the opposite: 3-1.
Cornerstone Christian came up short against North River Christian in their previous matchup on Thursday, falling 62-56. Can Cornerstone Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
