Having just played yesterday, the Colonial Heights Colonials will get right back to it and host the Matoaca Warriors at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Colonial Heights and Thomas Dale meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Colonials fell 62-57 to the Knights.
Bret Lipscomb
| 12/12/25 @ Petersburg | 6 |
| 12/18/25 @ Maggie Walker | 7 |
| 01/20/26 @ Meadowbrook | 7 |
| 12/15/25 vs Nottoway | 10 |
| 12/29/25 @ J.R. Tucker | 10 |
Defeat or not, Colonial Heights got some senior leadership from Bret Lipscomb and Cameron Hartsoe. Lipscomb shot 50% from the field en route to 20 points, while Hartsoe went 6-for-15 to rack up 17 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Lipscomb has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Pepper, who posted seven points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Matoaca waltzed into their contest two weeks ago with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged out the Monarchs 63-60. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly three points.
Matoaca's victory bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Colonial Heights, their loss dropped their record down to 10-3.
Colonial Heights skirted past Matoaca 74-72 in their previous matchup back in January. Will the Colonials repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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