Football Preview: Mountain Empire Redhawks vs. Coastal Academy Stingrays
The Mountain Empire Redhawks will take on the Coastal Academy Stingrays at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Empire hasn't scored more than 12 points for seven games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Mountain Empire's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Tri-City Christian on Friday. They were dealt a 27-0 defeat at the hands of the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Coastal Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 27-6 win. The Stingrays might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Coastal Academy found their leader in underclassman Cody Terpstra, who rushed for 39 yards and four touchdowns. Terpstra has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Moses Gilmour, who rushed for 154 yards.
Mountain Empire's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Coastal Academy, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
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