Gerrad Chuy Vat – Loveland, Colorado … Campion Academy (CA) in Loveland, Colorado, hosted a basketball game against Mile High Academy (MHA) in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, January 17. Both academies went home with a win, with Mile High Academy winning the girls’ team game and Campion winning the boys’ team game. A huge crowd turned out for both teams, filling the gym to standing room only.
First on the court, the girls’ basketball varsity game was very close with team captain Victoria Matthews, CA sophomore student, scored sixteen points. Matthews mentioned, “It was a tough game, and it challenged us as a team, but, despite our loss it, helped us grow and prepared us for the next game.”
Liz Lopez-Morquecho, CA sophomore student, scored thirteen points in the intense game. Despite the very close game, the MHA girls’ team took home the win 30-34.
The CA Cougars boys’ team won their match by 13 points after an impressive comeback. After ending the second quarter down by several points, Campion came back out to dominate the second half, with a final score of 78-65. As Jonny Lopez-Morquecho, team point guard, put it, “We got our act together and started to cook.”
Izuchi Nwankwo, CA senior student, started the game on a high note by getting the tip-off to Lopez-Morquecho who sent him a pass for an alley-oop dunk. In the second half, he put up two more dunks as the crowd roared in excitement. With 38 points, Nwankwo will go up on Campion’s wall of fame with the second highest points in a game.
Nwankwo expressed, “It was a great experience, especially as a senior since this one of the last times I’ll play Mile High [Academy]. I had so much fun and was glad to be part of such a wonderful event.”
—Gerrad Chuy Vat, Campion Academy Student News Team. Photos supplied.
