Football Preview: Donelson Christian Academy Wildcats vs. Columbia Academy Bulldogs
The Donelson Christian Academy Wildcats will face off against the Columbia Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Donelson Christian Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.8 points per game this season.
Donelson Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 35-28 victory over Friendship Christian. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Donelson Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Mitchell Carey, who threw for 317 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. King Gardner was in the mix too, providing Donelson Christian Academy with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbia Academy). They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 56-21 win over Trinity Christian Academy. Winning may never get old, but the Bulldogs sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Montae Baldwin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 193 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Columbia Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Trinity Christian Academy only rushed for 132.
Columbia Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jax Jones and Jax Hickerson.
Columbia Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.8 points per game. As for Donelson Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 10-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Donelson Christian Academy has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 178.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Columbia Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 183.2. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Donelson Christian Academy suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Columbia Academy in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Baldwin, who rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Now that Donelson Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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