Heritage Classical Christian Academy and Eagle Ridge Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2018, but not for long. It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Heritage Classical Christian Academy Hawks challenge the Eagle Ridge Christian Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eagle Ridge Christian is hoping to do what Thomas Jefferson School couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Heritage Classical Christian Academy's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Heritage Classical Christian Academy simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Thomas Jefferson School 62-25. The team accrued 50 points in the first half and coasted on those for the victory.
Heritage Classical Christian Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Luke Heskett led the charge by dropping a double-double on 20 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Heskett a new career-high in field goal percentage (90%). Josh Gray was another key player, going 5 for 7 en route to 13 points plus seven steals and five rebounds.
Heritage Classical Christian Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 11 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eagle Ridge Christian). They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging a 55-28 win over Zalma. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Eagle Ridge Christian's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Heritage Classical Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Heritage Classical Christian Academy strolled past Eagle Ridge Christian when the teams last played back in February by a score of 47-32. Does Heritage Classical Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eagle Ridge Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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