Maranatha Christian has gone 3-0 against Victory Christian Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Maranatha Christian Eagles' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Victory Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m.
Maranatha Christian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 48 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Hoover on Thursday. They took a blow against the Cardinals, falling 31-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Cardinals: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Victory Christian Academy got the win against Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac Catholic School on Saturday by a conclusive 62-38. The Knights pushed the score to 48-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Austin Dill went supernova for Victory Christian Academy, throwing for 352 yards and six touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Cordova, who picked up 153 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Victory Christian Academy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Alejandro Rodriguez and Jayden Gray. Rodriguez is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last nine games he's played dating back to last season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Maranatha Christian fell to 2-1. As for Victory Christian Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 2-1.
Everything came up roses for Maranatha Christian against Victory Christian Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2016 as the team secured a 48-0 victory. Does Maranatha Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Victory Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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