St. Joseph Catholic is 0-3 against Hartfield Academy since November of 2022 but things could change on Tuesday. The St. Joseph Catholic Bruins will head out to square off against the Hartfield Academy Hawks at 7:30 p.m. St. Joseph Catholic has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
St. Joseph Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Jackson Academy, who was ranked sixth at the time (St. Joseph Catholic was ranked 17th). St. Joseph Catholic took a 60-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jackson Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), the Bruins still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Hartfield Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 51-39 victory over the Patriots.
Hartfield Academy's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.7 points. As for St. Joseph Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-3.
St. Joseph Catholic couldn't quite finish off Hartfield Academy in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 and fell 47-45. Can St. Joseph Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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