After both having extra time off, the NELA Christian Homeschool Flame and the Lake Area HomeSchool Sports Wildcats will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (NELA Christian Homeschool has 11 straight victories, Lake Area HomeSchool Sports has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
NELA Christian Homeschool is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Acadiana Home School Athletics, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (NELA Christian Homeschool was ranked first). NELA Christian Homeschool put the hurt on Acadiana Home School Athletics with a sharp 3-0 win on Friday.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant NELA Christian Homeschool was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-7, 25-14.
NELA Christian Homeschool found their leader in underclassman Brody Aulds, who had seven digs and three aces.
NELA Christian Homeschool was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 25 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Lake Area HomeSchool Sports came up short against Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics two weeks ago, falling 3-0.
While Lake Area HomeSchool Sports was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Alexandria Homeschool Arts & Athletics' winning margin in every set. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-11, 25-12.
NELA Christian Homeschool pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lake Area HomeSchool Sports, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went NELA Christian Homeschool's way against Lake Area HomeSchool Sports in their previous matchup back in August, as NELA Christian Homeschool made off with a 3-0 win. Will NELA Christian Homeschool repeat their success, or does Lake Area HomeSchool Sports have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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