The Village Christian Crusaders and the Ontario Christian Knights are set to duel on Friday. Village Christian will be strutting in after a victory while Ontario Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Village Christian will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 42) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Valley Christian 16-14. The victory was familiar territory for the Crusaders who have now won three games in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Everson Mathis and Austin Abrahams. Mathis had a solid game and threw for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Abrahams was balling out in the loss, throwing for 194 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 33 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Ontario Christian suffered their closest loss since November 10, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Capistrano Valley Christian by a score of 33-30. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Knights came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Eagles are ranked 536th).
The win got Village Christian back to even at 4-4. As for Ontario Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 4-4.
Village Christian suffered a grim 29-9 defeat to Ontario Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Village Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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