The Covenant is 6-1 against Greenbrier Christian Academy since August of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Covenant Eagles will welcome the Greenbrier Christian Academy Gators at 4:00 p.m. The Covenant will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
The Covenant is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Chincoteague, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (The Covenant was ranked first). The Covenant's defense stepped up to hand Chincoteague a 2-0 shutout on Friday. The two-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Greenbrier Christian Academy's offense rose to the challenge against a Caissons defense that boasted an average of only 13.86 points allowed on Friday. Greenbrier Christian Academy took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 59-12 win over Fishburne Military. The Gators might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 32 points or more this season.
Tucker Basnight continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 184 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of DJ Caban, who gained 144 total yards and two touchdowns.
Greenbrier Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Caban led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 115 rushing yards in the fifth games prior.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Greenbrier Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 250 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
The Covenant pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Greenbrier Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
The Covenant was able to grind out a solid victory over Greenbrier Christian Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 40-29. Will The Covenant repeat their success, or does Greenbrier Christian Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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