After each having a week off, the Lafayette Christian Cougars and the St. Francis Knights will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lafayette Christian has six straight wins, St. Francis has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lafayette Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Central Christian, who was ranked 20th at the time (Lafayette Christian was ranked third). The Cougars claimed a resounding 47-6 victory over the Crusaders. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won six matchups by 34 points or more so far this season.
Lafayette Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Connor Hudson and Bradley Miller.
Meanwhile, St. Francis was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Friday as they fell 33-28 to Community Christian.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Eli Pawlish and Isaiah Lee. Lee had a great game and rushed for 283 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.2 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Pawlish was balling out in the loss, rushing for 62 yards and a pair of TDs, while also picking up 31 receiving yards.
St. Francis now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Lafayette Christian, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
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