The Liberty Christian Academy Heat will take on the Berean Baptist Academy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty Christian Academy will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Liberty Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Father Capodanno, who was ranked 12th at the time (Liberty Christian Academy was ranked eighth). The Heat never let the Grunts get on the board and left with a 13-0 victory last Friday. The 13-point effort marked the Heat's lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Liberty Christian Academy came from Holden Smith and Sawyer Smith.
Liberty Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Eddie Deptola and Smith. Smith got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Berean Baptist Academy played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Sandhills Classical Christian, falling 52-22. The Bulldogs were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 44-8.
Berean Baptist Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Liberty Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
Everything came up roses for Liberty Christian Academy against Berean Baptist Academy when the teams last played back in September, as the team secured a 57-24 victory. In that game, the Heat amassed a halftime lead of 29-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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