Veritas School hasn't had much luck against Hampton Roads Academy recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Veritas School Lions will head out to take on the Hampton Roads Academy Navigators at 5:30 p.m. Veritas School will be strutting in after a victory while Hampton Roads Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Veritas School will head into Friday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 33-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Friday. They had just enough and edged Walsingham Academy out 41-39.
Veritas School found their leader in sophomore London Smith, who posted 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Cruess, who put up nine points and five boards.
Meanwhile, Hampton Roads Academy was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 59-53 to Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. The Navigators have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hampton Roads Academy now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Veritas School, their win ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-8.
Veritas School opened the new year with a less-than-successful 56-47 defeat to Hampton Roads Academy. Can Veritas School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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