The Ridgeline Academy Eagles put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Heritage Academy Gateway 58-37. Ridgeline Academy has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 21 points or more this season.
Heritage Academy Gateway's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Talon Lemieux, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
Ridgeline Academy's victory was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0. As for Heritage Academy Gateway, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-2.
Ridgeline Academy will take on BASIS - Peoria at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. As for Heritage Academy Gateway, Heritage Academy Gateway and Empower College Prep will face off at 4:30 p.m. on January 29th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Empower College Prep will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Arizona Rankings (they are ranked 126th, while Heritage Academy Gateway is ranked 36th).
