The Virginia Academy Patriots 's's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Hargrave Military Academy by a score of 66-64. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Virginia Academy's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Rondel Jones Jr., who scored 18 points. Jones Jr. scored a full 28.1% of Virginia Academy's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Canda, who scored 15 points.
Virginia Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Hargrave Military Academy, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Virginia Academy will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Virginia Episcopal School at 4:30 p.m. on December 2nd. As for Hargrave Military Academy, they will be playing at home against Blue Ridge at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
