Football Preview: Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles vs. Veritas Prep Falcons
Scottsdale Christian Academy has gone 8-1 against Veritas Prep recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Veritas Prep Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Last Friday, everything went Scottsdale Christian Academy's way against Santa Cruz Valley as Scottsdale Christian Academy made off with a 28-6 victory. Considering the Eagles have won six contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sean Helgeson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 201 yards and three touchdowns. He is becoming a predictor of Scottsdale Christian Academy's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 7-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Harrison Gurash was Helgeson's top target, picking up 46 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Scottsdale Christian Academy's defense and their six sacks. London Olsen was especially locked on to Santa Cruz Valley's QB and sacked him three times. Olsen also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Another thorn in Santa Cruz Valley's side was Caleb Randall, who made 15 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Veritas Prep narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Phoenix Christian 23-20.
Scottsdale Christian Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 43.2 points. As for Veritas Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
Scottsdale Christian Academy strolled past Veritas Prep in their previous meeting back in October by a score of 27-13. Does Scottsdale Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Veritas Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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