New Covenant Academy has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Bradleyville Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
New Covenant Academy pushed their score all the way to 58 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They lost to Verona on the road by a decisive 72-58 margin.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 101-35, which was the final score in Bradleyville's tilt against Niangua on Tuesday. Bradleyville was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 51-10.
New Covenant Academy dropped their record down to 3-12 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Bradleyville, their loss dropped their record down to 1-17.
Everything went New Covenant Academy's way against Bradleyville in their previous meeting back in February of 2022 as New Covenant Academy made off with a 59-34 victory. Will New Covenant Academy repeat their success, or does Bradleyville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
