The Yavneh Academy Bulldogs came tearing into Friday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 55-28 victory over Golda Och Academy on the road. That's another feather in the cap for Yavneh Academy, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Yavneh Academy had a senior duo take command as Joe Schwartz scored 12 points and Sam Rael scored 9 points. Rael has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Darren Sacher was another key contributor, scoring 6 points.
Yavneh Academy's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Golda Och Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Yavneh Academy will be playing at home against Poetry Community Christian at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Poetry Community Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1056th, while Yavneh Academy is ranked 381st). Golda Och Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Cedar Grove at 4:00 p.m. on December 14th.
