Football Preview: Community Christian Cyclones vs. Pungo Christian Academy Raiders
On Friday Community Christian will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Pungo Christian Academy Raiders at 4:00 p.m. Community Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.9 points per game this season.
Community Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Jones, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Community Christian was ranked 12th). Community Christian breezed by Jones at home to the tune of 43-13 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Cyclones, who have now won three matchups by 30 points or more so far this season.
Stephen Edwards continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 126 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown. Jack Beamon was another key player, throwing for 159 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Community Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Jones only rushed for 25.
Meanwhile, Pungo Christian Academy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37 points) and they went ahead and made it four last Monday. They walked away with a 22-14 victory over the Cyclones.
Community Christian's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Pungo Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
Community Christian came up short against Pungo Christian Academy when the teams last played last Monday, falling 22-14. Can Community Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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