Hammond is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Augusta Christian. The Hammond Skyhawks fell just short of the Augusta Christian Lions by a score of 73-70. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (67), the Skyhawks still had to take the loss.
Hammond's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-4. As for Augusta Christian, the win (which was their 19th in a row) raised their record to 22-2.
The future could be bright for both Hammond and Augusta Christian: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Hammond will try to hand Cardinal Newman their sixth-straight defeat when the two meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Augusta Christian will look to extend Ben Lippen's three-game losing streak when the meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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