Football Game Recap: Wake Christian Academy Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Sep 13, 2024, 8:02pm

Football Recap: Wake Christian Academy Bulldogs vs. South Wake Lions

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Wake Christian Academy was the 50-0 winner over South Wake when they last played one another back in August of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Wake Christian Academy Bulldogs fell 26-19 to the South Wake Lions on Friday.

Although Wake Christian Academy took the loss, they still got scores from Anderson Mercer and Callum Lindsay.

Even if they lost, Wake Christian Academy's defense still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. It was truly a group effort as Taylor Monk, Gavin Bledsoe, and Boaz Carlstrom picked up two apiece.

Wake Christian Academy dropped their record down to 1-2 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for South Wake, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-1.

Wake Christian Academy will square off against Louisburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Wake Christian Academy focused on turnovers this week as team gave up five on Friday. As for South Wake, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on American Leadership Academy-Johnston at 3:00 p.m. on September 21st. South Wake will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.

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