Football Preview: First Baptist Academy Lions vs. Neumann Celtics
First Baptist Academy has been away from home for three games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Neumann Celtics at 7:00 p.m. First Baptist Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39 points per game this season.
Two weeks ago, everything went First Baptist Academy's way against Community School of Naples as First Baptist Academy made off with a 47-21 victory. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 24 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead First Baptist Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sam Sparacio, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 83 receiving yards and a touchdown. Bradley Martino also helped out with an impressive 116 receiving yards.
First Baptist Academy's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB ten times. The heavy lifting was done by Trent Maloney and Micah Fils-Aime, who racked up six sacks between them. First Baptist Academy got some further help from Kevin Silva: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made nine total tackles (2.5 for loss).
Meanwhile, Neumann ended up a good deal behind Somerset Academy on Friday and lost 48-30. The Celtics have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
First Baptist Academy's record is now 6-2. As for Neumann, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Everything came up roses for First Baptist Academy against Neumann in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 47-0 win. Will First Baptist Academy repeat their success, or does Neumann have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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