Football Preview: Life Christian Academy Eagles vs. Catholic Crusaders
The Life Christian Academy Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Life Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week as team gave up six on Saturday.
Life Christian Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were outmatched by Blue Ridge on the road and fell 53-16. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Barons are ranked 48th).
Life Christian Academy's defeat came about despite a quality game from Micah Young, who picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Life Christian Academy's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Sedric Hopkins Jr and Connor Radcliff who racked up four sacks between them. Radcliff also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Meanwhile, Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell 34-27 to Roanoke Catholic.
Life Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Life Christian Academy and Catholic were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2018, but Life Christian Academy suffered an agonizing 29-28 defeat. Can Life Christian Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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