Football Preview: Christian Patriots vs. Morse Tigers
The Christian Patriots will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Morse Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Christian has five straight wins, Morse has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Christian beat San Diego 20-14.
Christian found their leader in sophomore Kaleb Runkle, who threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 63 yards on only seven carries.
Meanwhile, a victory for Morse just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Crawford, falling 35-14. The Tigers were down 28-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Even though they lost, Morse was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Christian pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Morse, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Christian couldn't quite finish off Morse in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 24-21. Thankfully for Christian, Khalif Bloome (who rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 59 yards and a touchdown on perfect 5-for-5 passing) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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