Football Recap: Calvary Baptist Academy's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

Cavaliers

Previous 5 Games

12/06/24 vs Catholic - N.I.	31-33
11/29/24 vs Episcopal	52-10
11/22/24 vs De La Salle	38-0
11/08/24 vs North Caddo	63-6
11/01/24 @ Green Oaks	48-8

Calvary Baptist Academy and Catholic - N.I. squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Calvary Baptist Academy had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Catholic - N.I. Panthers by a score of 33-31. The Cavaliers' loss signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.

Despite the loss, Calvary Baptist Academy still got an impressive performance from James Simon, who rushed for 145 yards and one touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Abram Wardell, who threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes.

Simon was just one part of a punishing run game: Calvary Baptist Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.

It was another big night for Luke Landry, who threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns for Catholic - N.I. The dominant performance also gave Landry a new career-high in rushing yards (28). Joseph Leblanc also helped with two touchdowns in total.

Calvary Baptist Academy's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-3. As for Catholic - N.I., they pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Calvary Baptist Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Catholic - N.I., a feisty cat fight will be fought when the Catholic - N.I. Panthers face off against the Dunham Tigers at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Catholic - N.I.'s favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last 12 contests.