The Cornerstone Family Saints will take on the Axtell Eagles in a holiday battle at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cornerstone Family is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season.
On Friday, Cornerstone Family was fully in charge, breezing past Blue Ridge Christian 67-21. With the Saints ahead 43-13 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Gabe Smith
| 12/12/25 vs Blue Ridge Christian | 15 |
| 12/09/25 vs Waverly | 25 |
| 12/06/25 vs Heritage Christian | 24 |
| 12/05/25 vs Chanute Christian | 16 |
| 12/04/25 vs Veritas Christian | 33 |
| + 3 more games |
Cornerstone Family got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Gabe Smith out in front who went 6-for-12 to rack up 15 points along with eight rebounds and five steals. Smith's evening made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Hayden Allen, who shot 54% from the field en route to 16 points and five boards.
Cornerstone Family smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 7 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 13.2.
Meanwhile, Axtell had already won 23 in a row dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.8 points) and they went ahead and made it 24 on Friday. They came within six points of losing the streak, but they secured a 42-36 W against the Lions.
Cornerstone Family's record is now 8-2. As for Axtell, their record now sits at 2-0.
Cornerstone Family was dealt a bruising 60-32 defeat at the hands of Axtell when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Saints were down 39-10.
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