Football Preview: King's Academy Lions vs. Columbia Academy Bulldogs
The King's Academy Lions will take on the Columbia Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. King's Academy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a ten-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
King's Academy is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Friendship Christian on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. King's Academy was dealt a 47-14 loss at the hands of Friendship Christian. The Lions were down 34-7 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Columbia Academy against Grace Christian Academy on Friday as the squad secured a 40-7 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-0.
Columbia Academy can attribute much of their success to Harrison Brownlee, who picked up 130 receiving yards and a touchdown. Columbia Academy also got help from Wyatt Ayers, who showed off his sure hands for 82 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Columbia Academy's defense and their three sacks. Jack Gordon was especially locked on to Grace Christian Academy's QB and sacked him twice.
Columbia Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.2 points per game. As for King's Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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