The Gompers Prep Academy Eagles will take on the Mountain Empire Redhawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Gompers Prep Academy is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Horizon Prep. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Eagles have suffered since March 18th.
Gompers Prep Academy was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-22, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Mountain Empire came up short against Horizon Prep on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Redhawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Mountain Empire had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 21 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-21, 25-22.
Mountain Empire's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Gompers Prep Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Gompers Prep Academy suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mountain Empire in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Redhawks' Oscar Plasencia, who had 23 assists and 11 digs. Now that the Eagles know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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