Football Recap: First Baptist Saints vs. Mercy Culture Prep Royals
With a playoff game on the line, First Baptist rose to the challenge on Friday. They claimed a resounding 58-14 victory over the Mercy Culture Prep Royals. The Saints might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by 29 points or more this season.
Quincy Rheams continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 204 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Those 204 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another signal caller making a difference was Dylan Jones, who threw for 164 yards and four touchdowns.
First Baptist was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 391 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 159.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 0.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to First Baptist's defense and their six sacks. Leading the way was George Anagnostis with two.
Although Mercy Culture Prep took the loss, they still got scores from Landon Martinez and Nate Norwood.
The win (which was First Baptist's third in a row) raised their record to 10-1. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Mercy Culture Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-8.
First Baptist will square off against Central Texas Christian at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (First Baptist: 13.1, Central Texas Christian: 10.5) so any points scored will be well earned. Mercy Culture Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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