The Clay City Eels will face off against the Lighthouse Christian Academy Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Clay City focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.
Clay City took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They took down Cloverdale 42-25. The Eels' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Jenna Hofmann went supernova for Clay City, scoring 23 points. The dominant performance also gave Hofmann a new career-high in threes (five). Another player making a difference was Taylor Rhienhart, who earned six points along with ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, Lighthouse Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were dealt a 63-24 loss at the hands of Dugger Union. The Lions were down 54-20 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
With the victory, Clay City broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 1-1. As for Lighthouse Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Clay City took their win against Lighthouse Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 59-33. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clay City since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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