Faith Academy girls win 88th straight district game with 70-18 victory
Faith Academy of Marble Falls freshman center Sedona Prince hits a jumper in the paint during the Lady Flames’ 70-18 win against the Texas School for the Deaf on Dec. 2. Courtesy photo
JENNIFER FIERRO • PICAYUNE STAFF
MARBLE FALLS — The Faith Academy of Marble Falls girls basketball team won its 88th consecutive district game, beating the Texas School for the Deaf 70-18 on Dec. 2.
The Lady Flames led 17-4 in the first quarter and 44-7 at the half. That advantage triggered a running clock in the second half that only stopped for timeouts.
The Lady Flames play in District 4-3A of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools.
Faith head coach Jerry English gave his players one directive regarding their 8-4 opponent: “Let’s come play with our A game and see if we have enough,” he said.
The Lady Rangers’ offense revolves around 5-foot-10 junior center Gunita Schmidjorg, who works around the paint. She matched up against Faith freshman center Sedona Prince, who stands 6-6.
“That happens to be our strength with Sedona in the middle,” English said. “Schmidjorg has a real good ball fake. Sedona didn’t (jump when it wasn’t necessary), and she clogged the middle up. Schmidjorg was going to have a hard time shooting over Sedona.”
Schmidjorg finished with two points.
Faith sophomore Jayla Reeves led all scorers with 20 points.
“Jayla had a solid game,” English said. “She did a lot of other things. She was so aggressive on defense and got a lot of steals.”
The Lady Flames travel to Lorena to play in the Vicki Mitchell-Lauren Timmons Classic on Dec. 4 and 6. They begin against Waco High at 2 p.m. at Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Lane in Lorena.
“I think it’s very exciting to play people you don’t know anything about or heard about them,” English said.
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TOP PLAYERS: Sedona Prince 13 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 7 blocks; Jayla Reeves 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals; Hannah Cozby 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block
ON OFFENSE: Points – Taylor Denton 9, Sierra Brinkley 2, Allison Metzger 6, Susanna Case 2, Alisha Williams 3; assists – Denton 2, Brinkley 4, Sarah Williams 5, A. Williams 1; rebounds – Deton 3, Metzger 1, A. Williams 2
ON DEFENSE: Steals – Denton 4, Brinkley 2, S. Williams 2; rebounds – Denton 5, Brinkley 3, Metzger 1, A. Williams 2; blocks – Metzger 1
RECORDS: Faith is 11-1.
UP NEXT: Faith at Vicki Mitchell-Lauren Timmons Lorena Classic — Dec. 4, Faith vs. Waco High at 2 p.m. at Lorena High School, 1 Leopard Lane in Lorena; Faith vs. Hearne at 6:30 p.m. at Lorena Middle School, 500 Leopard Lane in Lorena