Football Recap: Victory Christian Lions vs. Fayetteville Wolves
Victory Christian's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 49-21 win over the Fayetteville Wolves. With that victory, the Lions brought their scoring average up to 29 points per game.
Shepard Sargent continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 299 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 17.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 107 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Those 299 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cayden Brunson, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Victory Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 417 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 210 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Victory Christian's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Fayetteville's QB won't forget Brady Hart anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Hart also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11.
Victory Christian pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Fayetteville, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Victory Christian will head out to take on Donoho at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Donoho will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last. As for Fayetteville, they will head out on the road to face off against Woodland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fayetteville is facing Woodland at the right time seeing as Woodland is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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