On Tuesday, the Sacred Heart Valkyries really took it to the Whitefield Academy Wildcats for the full four quarters, racking up a 61-32 victory. The Valkyries pushed the score to 53-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.
Sacred Heart's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but ZaKiyah Johnson led the charge by going 7-for-14 to rack up 17 points and five assists. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to points, as she's now scored 15 or more in each of the last 25 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bri Wilkins, who went 5-for-7 on her way to 14 points and three steals.
Sacred Heart smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in eight consecutive games.
Whitefield Academy's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Gwynnie Franz, who posted 15 points, and Noel Smith, who scored 13 points and six boards. That was a full 40.6% of Whitefield Academy's points, marking the third time in a row Smith has put up more than a third of the team's points.
Valkyries
| 02/18/25 vs Whitefield Academy | 61-32 |
| 02/15/25 vs Holy Cross | 84-49 |
| 02/05/25 vs DuPont Manual | 79-46 |
| 02/03/25 vs Seneca | 86-7 |
| 01/28/25 vs Ballard | 79-27 |
| + 15 more games |
Sacred Heart's win was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 24-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.5 points. As for Whitefield Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-7.
Looking ahead, Sacred Heart will face off against Notre Dame Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sacred Heart knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 20 matchups -- so hopefully Notre Dame Academy likes a good challenge. As for Whitefield Academy, a feisty cat fight will be fought as the Wildcats duke it out with the Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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