The Southern Christian Patriots will head out to square off against the East Central HomeSchool Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southern Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.1 points per game this season.
Southern Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Lighthouse HomeSchool, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Southern Christian was ranked fourth). Southern Christian blew past Lighthouse HomeSchool 47-6 on Friday. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 25 points or more this season.
Southern Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jagger Scott, who gained 231 total yards and five touchdowns, and Elijah Bailey, who rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Scott got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 95 yards.
Southern Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 401 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Southern Christian wouldn't let Lighthouse HomeSchool keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Toby Miller, Lawton Curran, Scott, and Jedd Scott picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, East Central HomeSchool's undefeated season came to an end after seven games last Friday. They had to suffer through a 57-25 loss at the hands of Evangel Christian. The Patriots have struggled against the Lightning recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
The victory made it two in a row for Southern Christian and bumps their season record up to 6-2. As for East Central HomeSchool, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
Southern Christian and East Central HomeSchool were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in September, but Southern Christian came up empty-handed after a 42-41 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Central HomeSchool's Nikita Getmanshchuk, who threw for 305 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 64 yards. Now that Southern Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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