Football Preview: Heritage Christian Eagles vs. Abilene Christian Panthers
Heritage Christian has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Abilene Christian Panthers at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Heritage Christian's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Heritage Christian's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Lucas Christian Academy offense got past them. Heritage Christian walked away with a 46-38 victory over Lucas Christian Academy last Friday.
Meanwhile, Abilene Christian hadn't done well against Covenant Classical recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Abilene Christian managed a 56-52 win over Covenant Classical. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Abilene Christian is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.2 points per game. As for Heritage Christian, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for Heritage Christian against Abilene Christian in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, as the team secured a 48-0 win. Will Heritage Christian repeat their success, or does Abilene Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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