The New Heights Christian Academy Cougars will challenge the McDonald County Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (New Heights Christian Academy has four straight wins, McDonald County has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, New Heights Christian Academy narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Jefferson Independent Day 3-2.
New Heights Christian Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-27, 25-8, 25-20, 15-11.
New Heights Christian Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, McDonald County came up short against Aurora on Tuesday and fell 3-1. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Houn Dawgs 25-21 in the first period.
McDonald County started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-21, 25-12, 25-19.
New Heights Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 13-8-2. As for McDonald County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-13.
New Heights Christian Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over McDonald County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Will New Heights Christian Academy repeat their success, or does McDonald County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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