Football Preview: Greenbrier Christian Academy Gators vs. The Covenant Eagles
Greenbrier Christian Academy is 1-6 against The Covenant since August of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Greenbrier Christian Academy Gators will face off against The Covenant Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Greenbrier Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.3 points per game this season.
Greenbrier Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Fishburne Military, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Greenbrier Christian Academy was ranked fifth). Greenbrier Christian Academy breezed by Fishburne Military on the road to the tune of 59-12 on Friday. The Gators might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 32 points or more this season.
Greenbrier Christian Academy found their leader in underclassman Tucker Basnight, who rushed for 184 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per carry. Those 184 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Basnight. DJ Caban was another key player, gaining 144 total yards and two touchdowns.
Greenbrier Christian Academy wouldn't let Fishburne Military keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Greenbrier Christian Academy can thank Basnight and Matthew Downes for forcing both of them. The dominant performance gave Basnight a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Greenbrier Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 250 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, The Covenant had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.8 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They skirted past the Ponies 2-0. The two-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Greenbrier Christian Academy's record is now 6-3. As for The Covenant, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Greenbrier Christian Academy came up short against The Covenant in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 40-29. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of The Covenant's Jonathan Newton, who rushed for 433 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 19.7 yards per carry. Now that Greenbrier Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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