If the Trinity Christian School of Griffin LIONS were riding high off their 45-20 takedown of the Flint River Academy Wildcats last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Trinity Christian School of Griffin fell just short of Peoples Baptist Academy by a score of 42-40. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Trinity Christian School of Griffin has suffered yet this season.
When it comes to explaining why Trinity Christian School of Griffin lost on Thursday, one person who can't be blamed is Leah McLaurin. Despite the final result, she scored nine points along with seven assists and five steals. Chloe Thompson was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Peoples Baptist Academy was led to victory by Emily St. Cyr and Emma Satterfield. St. Cyr scored 16 points, while Satterfield scored 17 points. That's the first time this season that St. Cyr scored 15 or more points. Another player making a difference was Kaitlynn Dorsey, who scored nine points.
Trinity Christian School of Griffin's loss was their third straight on the road, which bumped their record down to 3-9. As for Peoples Baptist Academy, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-4.
Trinity Christian School of Griffin will be playing in front of their home fans against Central Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Peoples Baptist Academy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Appling Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. on January 19th. Hopefully Appling Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight two weeks ago.
