If Westlake Academy was feeling good fresh off their 45-15 takedown of North Dallas Adventist Academy on Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Westlake Academy Blacksmiths took a 56-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Takoma Academy Tigers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Blacksmiths can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 913th in Texas, while the Tigers are ranked 91st in Maryland).
Despite the loss, Westlake Academy still got an impressive performance from Maya Sonday, who posted 32 points and eight rebounds. That was a full 72.7% of Westlake Academy's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points.

Blacksmiths
01/24/25 vs Takoma Academy | 44-56 |
01/24/25 vs North Dallas Adventist Academy | 45-15 |
01/23/25 vs Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy | 54-30 |
01/23/25 vs Redlands Adventist Academy | 40-16 |
01/22/25 vs Chisholm Trail Academy | 21-41 |
With the loss, Westlake Academy broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-10. As for Takoma Academy, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-5.
Westlake Academy will face off against Trinity Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Takoma Academy has already played their next game (against Tournament Opponent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps