Having just played yesterday, the Rockwall-Heath Hawks will get right back to it and host the Newman Smith Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rockwall-Heath saw some tournament action on Thursday. They slipped by Lakeview Centennial 1-0. The one-point effort marked the Hawks' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Newman Smith put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They managed a 54-50 victory over Richland. While the Trojans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Newman Smith pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.5 points per game. As for Rockwall-Heath, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season.
Rockwall-Heath strolled past Newman Smith in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 50-33. Will Rockwall-Heath repeat their success, or does Newman Smith have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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