Football Preview: Summit Christian Academy Eagles vs. Lafayette Fighting Irish
The Summit Christian Academy Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Lafayette Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Summit Christian Academy will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They lost 43-23 to Father Tolton. That makes it the first time this season the Eagles have let down their home crowd.
Despite the defeat, Summit Christian Academy got top-tier performance from Michael Ward, who threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Ward a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (88 yards to be exact) went to Barrett Giger.
Meanwhile, Lafayette fell victim to Savannah and their airtight defense on Friday. They were dealt a 53-0 loss at the hands of the Savages. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Savages are ranked 96th).
Summit Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Lafayette, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-2.
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