The Heartland Christian Academy Eagles kicked off their season on the road on Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They took a hard 66-51 fall against Liberty Christian Academy. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Heartland Christian Academy in their matchups with Liberty Christian Academy: they've now lost three in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Heartland Christian Academy lost, one person who can't be blamed is Rylee Kiser. Despite the final result, he scored 25 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Titus Bock, who scored 10 points.
Willy Mueller was a one-man wrecking crew for Liberty Christian Academy as he dropped a double-double on 28 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Mueller has scored at least 25% of Liberty Christian Academy's points. Tommy Meyer was another key contributor, scoring 9 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Heartland Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-1. As for Liberty Christian Academy, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Heartland Christian Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Christian Fellowship at 7:00 p.m. on December 11th. As for Liberty Christian Academy, they will head out on the road to face off against Missouri Military Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Missouri Military Academy will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings (they are ranked 255th, while Liberty Christian Academy is ranked 45th).
