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| 10/25/24 - Away | 0-40 L |
| 10/20/23 - Home | 14-21 L |
| 10/27/22 - Away | 7-10 L |
| 10/29/21 - Home | 7-6 W |
| 10/15/21 - Home | 38-28 W |
| + 5 more games |
St. George and Evangelical Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2016, but not for long. The Gryphons will head out on the road to face off against the Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Friday, St. George's took a blow against Lausanne Collegiate, falling 56-6. While losing is never fun, the Gryphons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Lynx are ranked 45th).
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Friday. Evangelical Christian took their game with ease, bagging a 38-6 victory over St. Benedict at Auburndale. The win continues a trend for Evangelical Christian in their matchups with St. Benedict at Auburndale: they've now won five in a row.
Evangelical Christian's win came from a few key players St. George's will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jack Gates, who threw for 298 yards and three touchdowns. Those 298 passing yards gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Butler, who picked up 90 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Evangelical Christian proved: they limited St. Benedict at Auburndale to a paltry two yards per carry. The team can thank Sammy Owens for the heroic effort on defense: he. Evangelical Christian's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.5.
Evangelical Christian's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-7. As for St. George's, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
St. George's was taken down by Evangelical Christian 40-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Can the Gryphons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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