The Redding Christian Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Etna Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Redding Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season.
Redding Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They enjoyed a cozy 44-30 victory over Weed on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Redding Christian found their leader in sophomore Levi Putnam, who rushed for 235 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Those 235 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Putnam. Darren Goodman did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 90 receiving yards.
Putnam was just one part of a punishing run game: Redding Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That's a new trend for Redding Christian: they were averaging 75.4 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 139.8.
One reason for the win was Redding Christian's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Goodman and Buck Kolb, who racked up five sacks between them.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Etna, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They put the hurt on Los Molinos with a sharp 28-7 win on Friday.
It was another big night for Noah Hubbard, who rushed for 134 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 116 yards on six of 15 attempts. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Etna wouldn't let Los Molinos keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Etna can thank Joesiah Mullen and Carson Hymas for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Los Molinos' side was Kyle Fowle, who made 18 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Etna's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.2 points per game. As for Redding Christian, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Redding Christian came up short against Etna when the teams last played back in October, falling 27-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hubbard, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 107 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.7% of his passes. Now that Redding Christian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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