After flying high against Wade Christian Academy on Monday, the City of Life Christian Academy Warriors came back down to earth. City of Life Christian Academy was beaten by The First Academy 53-17 on Thursday. City of Life Christian Academy was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-4.
When it comes to explaining why City of Life Christian Academy lost, one person who can't be blamed is Talia St Hilaire. Despite the final result, she scored 14 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 steals. St Hilaire scored a full 82.4% of City of Life Christian Academy's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Valerie Gonzalez was another key contributor, scoring 3 points.
City of Life Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for The First Academy, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. City of Life Christian Academy will take on Legacy Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Legacy Charter focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Tuesday. As for The First Academy, they will be playing at home against Cornerstone Charter Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Cornerstone Charter Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 356th, while The First Academy is ranked 174th).
