Football Preview: Summit Academy Bears vs. South Summit Wildcats
The Summit Academy Bears will square off against the South Summit Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Summit Academy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Summit Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 47-28 win over American Leadership Academy on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Summit Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bronson Dixon, who rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Dixon was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 64 yards. Kyle Lively was another key pass catcher, picking up 172 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Summit Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Summit Academy's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. American Leadership Academy's QB won't forget Tug Wilbur anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Wilbur is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 45-14, which was the final score in South Summit's tilt against Layton Christian Academy on Friday.
Summit Academy's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for South Summit, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Summit Academy came up short against South Summit in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 45-33. Can Summit Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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