Two dominant signal callers in Eli Black and Jacob Peoples are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Evangel Christian Lightning will be playing at home against Trinity Christian Homeschool at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evangel Christian has four straight wins, Trinity Christian Homeschool has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Evangel Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: East Central HomeSchool, who was ranked 11th at the time (Evangel Christian was ranked fifth). The Lightning claimed a resounding 38-6 victory over the Patriots. The Lightning might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 26 points or more this season.
A big part of Evangel Christian's win came down to the chemistry between Sawyer Welch and his top target Ben Davis. Welch picked up 58 receiving yards and one touchdown while Davis picked up 77 receiving yards and one TD.
Evangel Christian's run defense was locked in: East Central HomeSchool could only muster 0.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Max Watson for the heroic effort on defense: he. Evangel Christian didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.8.
Meanwhile, Trinity Christian Homeschool played a tough matchup last Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Tuscaloosa Christian, falling 52-20. Trinity Christian Homeschool was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 32-0.
Although Trinity Christian Homeschool took the loss, they still got scores from Gavin George, Peoples, and Desmond Crawford.
Evangel Christian's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Trinity Christian Homeschool, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
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