Football Preview: Summit Academy Bears vs. South Summit Wildcats
The Summit Academy Bears will take on the South Summit Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Summit Academy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Summit Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 47-28 victory over American Leadership Academy on Friday.
Summit Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Bronson Dixon out in front who rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Dixon showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 64 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyle Lively, who picked up 172 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Summit Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
One reason for the win was Summit Academy's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Tug Wilbur was especially locked on to American Leadership Academy's QB and sacked him twice. Wilbur is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last seven games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South Summit took a blow against Layton Christian Academy on Friday, falling 45-14.
Summit Academy's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for South Summit, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Summit Academy came up short against South Summit in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 45-33. Can Summit Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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