Football Preview: Christ the King Crusaders vs. Mountain Island Charter Raptors
The Christ the King Crusaders will head out to face off against the Mountain Island Charter Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Island Charter took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Christ the King, who comes in off a win.
Christ the King will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Pine Lake Prep, who they hadn't topped in seven consecutive meetings. Christ the King secured a 25-20 W over Pine Lake Prep on Friday.
JP Zimmerman had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Christ the King didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Joseph Mundy and Rhyus Newgent. Mundy also made four total tackles, which is notable because Christ the King is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 0-3 otherwise.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 40 points the game before, Mountain Island Charter was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They took a hard 24-6 fall against Community School of Davidson. The match marked the Raptors' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Christ the King's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-4. As for Mountain Island Charter, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-4.
Christ the King was taken down by Mountain Island Charter 34-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mountain Island Charter's Grayson Harvey, who threw for 413 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Christ the King 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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