After each having a week off, the St. Stephen's Episcopal Spartans and the TMI-Episcopal Panthers will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
TMI-Episcopal will be up against a hot St. Stephen's Episcopal squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. The Spartans blew past Liberal Arts & Science Academy - Austin, posting a 47-0 win. Considering the Spartans have won four contests by more than 40 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, TMI-Episcopal came up short against Long Creek last Friday and fell 45-34. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (33), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
St. Stephen's Episcopal will have to keep a close watch on Matthew Anderson and Hagen Young, a pair of players who had a big impact on TMI-Episcopal's prior game. Anderson picked up 231 receiving yards and four scores, while Young threw for 286 yards and four TDs while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Anderson showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 60 yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, TMI-Episcopal fell to 3-1. As for St. Stephen's Episcopal, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
St. Stephen's Episcopal didn't have too much breathing room in their game against TMI-Episcopal in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, but they still walked away with a 23-18 win. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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