The Mountain Empire Redhawks will head out on the road to square off against the Victory Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Mountain Empire is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game last Friday. They took a blow against Crawford, falling 35-0.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Victory Christian Academy's offense. They were outmatched by Coastal Academy on the road and fell 34-0. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Victory Christian Academy wouldn't let Coastal Academy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Victory Christian Academy can thank Alejandro Rodriguez and Enzo Haley for forcing both of them. Rodriguez also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15.
Mountain Empire's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Victory Christian Academy, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Mountain Empire strolled past Victory Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2016 by a score of 29-12. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Victory Christian Academy's Christian Dufresne, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 200 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Mountain Empire to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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