Football Preview: Azle Christian Fighting Crusaders vs. Valor Preparatory Academy Knights
The Azle Christian Fighting Crusaders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Valor Preparatory Academy Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Azle Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Grace Classical Christian Academy with a sharp 77-53 win on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Fighting Crusaders, who have now won three matchups by 20 points or more so far this season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Azle Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 302 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Azle Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jaxon Durham and Kanon Wyatt.
Meanwhile, Valor Preparatory Academy made easy work of San Marcos Academy on Friday and carried off a 73-47 victory. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 23 points or more this season.
Azle Christian's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-2. As for Valor Preparatory Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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