Football Preview: Mercy Culture Prep Royals vs. First Baptist Saints
The Mercy Culture Prep Royals will take on the First Baptist Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mercy Culture Prep has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight losses, while First Baptist will come in with 17 straight wins.
Mercy Culture Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Coram Deo Academy on the road by a 38-20 margin on Friday.
Despite the defeat, Mercy Culture Prep got top-tier performance from Jon Anthony Lardizabal, who rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led First Baptist over Covenant Christian in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that First Baptist blew Covenant Christian out of the water with a 56-14 final score. Considering the Saints have won three contests by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Bradlee Mays continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, picking up 155 receiving yards and four touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Quincy Rheams, who rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Mercy Culture Prep's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for First Baptist, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Mercy Culture Prep was dealt a bruising 68-26 defeat at the hands of First Baptist when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Mercy Culture Prep, Hunter Mccoy (who threw for 262 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only five carries) 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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