Front Range Christian is 0-9 against Heritage Christian since January of 2015 but things could change on Saturday. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Falcons face off against the Eagles at 1:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Front Range Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Clear Creek for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-16 win. The Falcons pushed the score to 41-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Golddiggers had no chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Heritage Christian entered their tilt with Loveland Classical on Thursday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They were the clear victor by a 44-21 margin over the Lions. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Lions are ranked 244th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Heritage Christian's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.5 points over those games. As for Front Range Christian, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-10.
Front Range Christian was dealt a bruising 63-33 defeat at the hands of Heritage Christian when the teams last played back in January of 2022. Thankfully for Front Range Christian, Avery Hughes (who went 12-for-17 on her way to 28 points in addition to seven assists and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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