Football Preview: Sacred Heart Tigers vs. First Baptist Saints
Sacred Heart is on a seven-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while First Baptist is on a seven-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Sacred Heart Tigers will take on the First Baptist Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Thursday, Sacred Heart humbled Temple Christian with a 51-13 victory. While fans of the Tigers might be used to big wins, the 38-point margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for First Baptist against Bishop Reicher Catholic two weeks ago as the squad secured a 60-7 victory. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 351st, while the Cougars are ranked 1212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
While passing duties were split, you can't argue with the impact Quincy Rheams and Dylan Jones both made on the game. Rheams threw for 248 yards and four touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing while Jones threw for 116 yards and three touchdowns on only eight passes. Rheams also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making four total tackles (2.0 for loss). Kaleb Mitchell also helped out with an impressive 121 receiving yards.
Sacred Heart has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.2 points per game. As for First Baptist, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Sacred Heart took a serious blow against First Baptist when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 42-0. Thankfully for Sacred Heart, Hunter Mccoy (who threw for 362 yards and six touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes) 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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