It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Captain Shreve can now relate to. They fell 58-48 to the Evangel Christian Academy Eagles on Thursday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (42), the Gators still had to take the loss.
Captain Shreve's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Cardarrian Devers, who picked up 178 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and Brodie Savage, who threw for 409 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.8% of his passes. Devers was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 57 yards. Dj Waldon was another key pass catcher, picking up 140 receiving yards.
Peyton Houston was his usual excellent self, throwing for 391 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries for Evangel Christian Academy. Houston is becoming a predictor of Evangel Christian Academy's success: when he posts at least 300 passing yards the team is 3-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't). Demarkus Evans was Houston's top target, picking up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Captain Shreve's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Evangel Christian Academy, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-5.
Captain Shreve does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Evangel Christian Academy, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Alexandria at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Alexandria's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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