Football Game Preview: Mountain Island Charter Raptors vs. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles + How To Watch

The Mountain Island Charter Raptors will challenge the Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain Island Charter has three straight victories, Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

If Mountain Island Charter beats Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy with 28 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Raptors pulled ahead with a 28-27 photo finish over Union Academy on Friday. The Raptors' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.

Aamir Gilcreast produced another solid effort rushing for 158 yards and one TD while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and also catching one touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Mountain Island Charter proved: they limited Union Academy to a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Ethan Cuadra for the heroic effort on defense: he. Mountain Island Charter didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 8.2.

Jason Eaton

Sacks

09/05/25 @ West Caldwell	5
09/26/25 vs Albemarle	3
10/10/25 vs Union Academy	2
10/03/25 @ Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	2
08/22/25 vs Foard	1

Mountain Island Charter's defense didn't let Nico Mendoza, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. Union Academy's QB won't forget Jason Eaton anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Mountain Island Charter is undefeated when Eaton posts two or more sacks, but 0-3 otherwise.

Meanwhile, Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were dealt a 41-14 defeat at the hands of Albemarle. The Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-6.

Mountain Island Charter now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.