Legacy Sweeps Victory Christian with 4 wins on Senior Night
LOCKESBURG, ARK— Legacy Academy enjoyed four decisive wins at our home games Friday night, a perfect game night for the school’s basketball Senior Night. Before the senior girls’ game against Camden’s Victory Christian the school paused to salute their two senior basketball players, both Lady Warriors. The two honored players are #40 Jessica Nogueria, daughter of Brad and Darlene Athey and #32 Grace Tucker, the daughter of Scott and Jamy Tucker. The girls and their parents were presented team balls signed by all of their teammates, flowers from the school, and a celebration board made by Legacy booster and parent Ann Bartek. Legacy founder, Chad Gallagher and girls’ coach Zebbie Launius saluted the girls with remarks and the presentation at center court. Following a Legacy tradition, started with their first basketball senior two years ago, each senior signed a photo of herself that is now framed and in the school’s trophy case. This tradition is designed to reflect that the school’s greatest trophies are its students.
This was Nogueira’s first year playing basketball and she put in the hard work, improving every game. This year she provided the Lady Warriors 72 rebounds, 7 steals, 1 block, and 2 points! Tucker was a member of Legacy Academy’s inaugural junior girls’ team in 2018-19 and helped pioneer the school’s first senior girls’ team, as well. In her senior high basketball career Tucker provided the squad 519 points, 235 rebounds, 54 steals, 54 assists, and 19 blocks. Tucker also served as the team’s team captain and offered leadership, sportsmanship and good character on and off the court. Both girls were praised at senior night for their faithful following of Christ and their kind encouragement toward their teammates.
In the last home games of the season Friday against Victory Christian of Camden, all four of Legacy’s teams won their game.
In senior boys’ action the Warriors secured a 60-40 win over the Camden team. The Warriors had a strong start with an 18-0 shut down of the Conquerors in the first quarter. For the rest of the game the Warriors led and focused on getting plenty of floor time for the full bench. Lots of Warriors contributed points to the team’s effort. Ethan Gallagher led with 27 points—all made in the first three quarters. Joshua Tucker had 8, Layne Schroer 7, Corban Wilson 6, and Manolo Vazquez 4. Ozzy Tolendano, Eli Hamilton, and Joseph McCullough each had a basket. Gallagher grabbed 21 rebounds followed by Schroer with 11. Landon White led the visiting team with 14 points, with Jamarius Buffington providing 11.
The Lady Warriors secured a decisive 48-8 win over Victory. The Lady Warriors led 28-6 at the half. Dori Bartek led the team with 17 points, followed by Grace Tucker with 14. Lily Tucker contributed 5, while Oaklee Lofton and Josie Martz each had 4. Skylar Alexander and Jessica Nogueria each had two points. Nogueria led with 10 rebounds for the team, followed by Tucker with 7 and Barktek with 5. Abby Yarbrough was the only scorer for the visitors.
In Junior boys’s play the Warriors won 42-17. Layne Schroer led with 10 points for the home team, followed by Everette Martz and Noah Grubbs with 5 each. Wyatt Roden and Manolo Vazquez scored 4 points each, while James Bartek gave 3 points. Joshua Tucker, Eli Mitchell, Brayson Talley, Jacob Martinez, and Gabe Cox all gave 2 points to the effort. Schroer grabbed 11 boards to lead rebounding. Tally followed with 5 rebounds.
In the opening night of the game the junior girls’ added another W to their record with a 22-8 win over the visitors. Olivia Lofton provided 6 points, while Oaklee Lofton and Lily Tucker each contributed 5 points. Jesse Martz scored 4 and Josie Martz 2. Jesse Martz gave the team 10 rebounds followed
by 8 by Skylar Alexander, and 7 by Myleigh Fry.
The most entertaining time of the night was a scrimmage by the 3rd/4th grade boys during halftime of the senior girls’ game. The navy and white team tied up with a bucket each! The crowd enjoyed cheering the boys on and playfully heckling the student refs for the scrimmage.
Legacy’s junior teams play in the HCAA tournament this week. Senior teams take on Bloomburg, Texas in an away game Friday, 2/4 at 6pm, before entering their tournament next week.
