The St. Anthony Yellowjackets are taking a road trip to challenge the Fort Bend Christian Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: St. Anthony has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Fort Bend Christian Academy will arrive with five straight wins.
St. Anthony will head out to face Fort Bend Christian Academy after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. St. Anthony was dealt a 53-9 loss at the hands of St. Joseph Academy. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1146th, while the Bloodhounds are ranked 367th).
Meanwhile, Fort Bend Christian Academy didn't have too much trouble with The Woodlands Christian Academy on Friday as they won 35-17.
A big part of Fort Bend Christian Academy's victory came down to the chemistry between Kole Whiddon and his top target Blake Hamilton. Whiddon rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries while Hamilton picked up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Hamilton really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
Fort Bend Christian Academy's defense made their presence known, laying out Santiago Fernandez Villarreal. five times. The heavy lifting was done by Jonah Kalu and Nicolas Lara, who racked up all five sacks between them. Lara is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least seven every time he's taken the field this season.
Fort Bend Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Fort Bend Christian Academy's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.3 points per game. As for St. Anthony, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
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