Football Preview: Landmark Christian War Eagles vs. Mount Paran Christian Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in Skylar Hamilton and Andrew Overton are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Landmark Christian War Eagles will be playing at home against the Mount Paran Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Landmark Christian focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Landmark Christian is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Whitefield Academy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They were beaten by the WolfPack 35-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which the War Eagles were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Mount Paran Christian strolled past Business Engineering Science Tech with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 25-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mount Paran Christian.
Mount Paran Christian found their leader in underclassman Gavin Steele, who rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns. Steele has become a key player for Mount Paran Christian: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Overton, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Mount Paran Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Mount Paran Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Eli Hewatt and Alejandro Torres.
Landmark Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Mount Paran Christian, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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