Football Preview: Catholic Crusaders vs. Life Christian Academy Eagles
After two games on the road, Catholic is heading back home. They will host the Life Christian Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 34-27 to Roanoke Catholic on Friday.
Meanwhile, Life Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 53-16 loss at the hands of Blue Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Barons are ranked 48th).
Life Christian Academy's loss came about despite a quality game from Micah Young, who picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Life Christian Academy's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Sedric Hopkins Jr and Connor Radcliff who racked up four sacks between them. Radcliff also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Catholic dropped their record down to 0-4 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Life Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Catholic barely slipped by Life Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2018, winning 29-28. Does Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Life Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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