Football Preview: Faith Academy Flames vs. San Marcos Academy Bears
The Faith Academy Flames will square off against the San Marcos Academy Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Faith Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 99-93 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cherokee. The Flames' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
Meanwhile, a win for San Marcos Academy just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Valor Preparatory Academy, falling 73-47. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on October 4th (34), the Bears still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, San Marcos Academy saw an underclassman step up: Major Howard threw for 135 yards and four touchdowns. David Followell was in the mix too, providing San Marcos Academy with two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, San Marcos Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Faith Academy's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for San Marcos Academy, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
Faith Academy beat San Marcos Academy 46-36 in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was San Marcos Academy's Mitchell Howard, who threw for 170 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Faith Academy to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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