The Rejoice Christian Eagles will challenge the Warner Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Rejoice Christian sitting on seven straight wins and Warner on three.
Rejoice Christian's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 56-0 victory over Hulbert. The matchup marked the Eagles' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Warner made easy work of Chouteau-Mazie on Friday and carried off a 43-20 victory. Considering the Eagles have won five contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Warner to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaxson Cash, who threw for 146 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. Dee Antwine got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Warner was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 192.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 0.
Warner pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.3 points per game. As for Rejoice Christian, their record now sits at 8-1.
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