Football Preview: Heritage Christian Eagles vs. Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles
Heritage Christian is 1-6 against Guerin Catholic since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Heritage Christian Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, everything went Heritage Christian's way against Indianapolis Scecina Memorial as Heritage Christian made off with a 42-21 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-7.
Heritage Christian can attribute much of their success to Elijah Pimental, who gained 144 total yards and four touchdowns, and Eli Nix, who rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Guerin Catholic beat Lebanon 35-31 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Eagles.
Malcolm Houze had an outrageously good game as he threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Aidan Horn was in the mix too, providing Guerin Catholic with two touchdowns touchdowns.
Guerin Catholic wouldn't let Lebanon keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Guerin Catholic can thank Elias Niccum and Quentin Klee for forcing both of them. Niccum's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Heritage Christian's record now sits at 2-0. As for Guerin Catholic, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Heritage Christian might still be hurting after the 31-7 loss they got from Guerin Catholic when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Heritage Christian, Dave Zimmerman (who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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