The American Leadership Academy Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Thomas Sumter Academy Generals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
American Leadership Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Ridge Spring-Monetta two weeks ago. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 22-0. The Patriots have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Thomas Sumter Academy hadn't done well against Lee Academy recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Generals never let the Cavaliers get on the board and left with a 12-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Generals.
A big part of Thomas Sumter Academy's victory came down to the chemistry between Jace Williams and his top target Christian Williams. Jace threw for 310 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes while Christian picked up 126 receiving yards and one TD. Thomas Sumter Academy is 2-1 when Christian posts 80 or more receiving yards, but 0-3 otherwise.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Thomas Sumter Academy's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Shawn Wrigley was the leader with two.
Thomas Sumter Academy's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for American Leadership Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
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