Faith Academy girls get 80th straight district win; boys fall to Vanguard
Faith Academy of Marble Falls senior post Juliette Fisher (right) splits the Waco Vanguard defense to get an open look at the basket during the Lady Flames' 63-37 win Jan. 17. Courtesy photo
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
WACO — The Faith Academy girls basketball team scorched Waco Vanguard 63-37 on Jan. 17.
The Lady Flames led 18-13 after the first period and 31-25 at the half.
The victory was their 80th consecutive district win in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools.
Faith head coach Jerry English said his squad was experiencing foul trouble and noted three players had three fouls in the first half.
He credited Vanguard for taking advantage of shooting one-and-one free throws five minutes into the contest.
Faith (17-4 overall, 3-0 in District 4-2A) scored 15 points in the third period and only allowed five, keeping up the pressure in the final period. The Lady Flames outscored the Vikings 17-7 in the last eight minutes of the contest.
“Once we started running, we were more ourselves,” English said. “I was very, very pleased. Vanguard is considerably better.”
Lady Flames senior forward Kristen Cherry played well, he said, noting she was just a few stats away from a triple-double.
“Kristen had about as good of a ballgame as anyone we’ve had,” he said. “I’m very, very pleased with how she played.”
Also on Jan. 17, the Faith Academy boys varsity team lost 71-29 to Vanguard. The Flames are 7-7 overall and 2-1 in District 4-2A.
jfierro@thepicayune.com
TOP PLAYER: Taylor Denton 28 points, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 rebound
ON OFFENSE: points – Juliette Fisher 9, Kristen Cherry 8, Joanna Piatek 8, Sierra Brinkley 4, Alisha Williams 4, Sarah Burrage 1, Hannah Cozby 1; assists – Cherry 5, Piatek 4, Brinkley 2, Fisher 1; rebounds – Williams 4, Piatek 4, Cozby 3, Fisher 2, Cherry 2, Brinkley 1
ON DEFENSE: steals – Cherry 10, Fisher 5, Piatek 3, Williams 3, Brinkley 1; rebounds – Fisher 7, Cherry 4, Williams 3, Piatek 2, Burrage 1, Cozby 1; blocks – Fisher 1, Williams 1, Cozby 1
RECORDS: Faith is 17-4 overall and 3-0 in District 4-2A of TAPPS; Vanguard is 2-1 in district.
UP NEXT: 6 p.m. Jan. 20, Faith at Waco Reicher Catholic, 2102 N. 23rd St. in Waco; 6:15 p.m. Jan. 21, Faith vs. Waco Texas Christian Academy at The Fire Pit, three miles east of Marble Falls off RR 1431