The Jacksonville Christian Academy Thunder will face off against the Russell Christian Academy Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Jacksonville Christian Academy comes in on four and Russell Christian Academy on eight.
Jacksonville Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Victory Christian, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Jacksonville Christian Academy was ranked 11th). Jacksonville Christian Academy blew past Victory Christian 38-6 on the road on Friday. The Thunder might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
Noah Lee continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 259 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Jacksonville Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Russell Christian Academy). They breezed by Tuscaloosa Christian at home to the tune of 59-20 on Friday. The result was nothing new for Russell Christian Academy, who have now won three matchups by 29 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Ty Jones, who rushed for 220 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 72 yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his ninth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards dating back to last season. Bo Morphis was another key player, throwing for 102 yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Russell Christian Academy's defense and their four sacks. Tuscaloosa Christian's QB won't forget Decker Mckenzie anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Jacksonville Christian Academy's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Russell Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Jacksonville Christian Academy has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 279.8 passing yards per game. Russell Christian Academy, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 283.8 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Jacksonville Christian Academy against Russell Christian Academy in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 37-6 win. Does Jacksonville Christian Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Russell Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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