North Raleigh Christian Academy is 0-6 against High Point Christian Academy since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights will welcome the High Point Christian Academy Cougars at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Raleigh Christian Academy took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Everything went their way against Wake Prep Academy as North Raleigh Christian Academy made off with a 42-21 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Joshua Brown was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
North Raleigh Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Graycen Jones and Cooper Herakovich. North Raleigh Christian Academy got some further help from Charles Frazier: he picked up two sacks and made four total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for High Point Christian Academy on the road against SouthLake Christian Academy on Friday as the team secured a 48-6 win. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Eagles are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jaylen Moore had a dynamite game for High Point Christian Academy, rushing for 200 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. Another player making a difference was Tyler Eley, who threw for 103 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
High Point Christian Academy's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. Josh L. Smith was especially locked on to SouthLake Christian Academy's QB and sacked him twice.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, High Point Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 379 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
The victory got North Raleigh Christian Academy back to even at 1-1. As for High Point Christian Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
North Raleigh Christian Academy ended up a good deal behind High Point Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, losing 28-14. Thankfully for North Raleigh Christian Academy, Ethan Devore (who rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only nine 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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