Football Preview: Trinity Prep Saints vs. Cornerstone Charter Academy Ducks
The Trinity Prep Saints are taking a road trip to square off against the Cornerstone Charter Academy Ducks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Trinity Prep has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Cornerstone Charter Academy will arrive with four straight victories.
Trinity Prep's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Orangewood Christian on Friday. They were beaten by the Rams 43-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cornerstone Charter Academy). They breezed by First Academy on the road to the tune of 51-24 on Friday.
Yousef Vazquez was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, and also picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. Dominic Just was another key player, throwing for 305 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cornerstone Charter Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 71.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 172.3.
Cornerstone Charter Academy's defense made their presence known, laying out Cason Cherry. five times. The heavy lifting was done by Colton Germanos and Tanielu Cox, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Germanos also sacked 2.5 sacks, which is notable because Cornerstone Charter Academy is undefeated when he posts at least one sack, but 1-2 otherwise.
Trinity Prep's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Cornerstone Charter Academy, their record is now 5-2.
Trinity Prep took a serious blow against Cornerstone Charter Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 35-0. Can Trinity Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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