The Calvary Christian Knights will face off against the St. Anne-Pacelli Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Calvary Christian was beaten by Brookstone 55-7. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 439th, while the Cougars are ranked 204th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Anne-Pacelli). Everything went their way against Strong Rock Christian on Saturday as St. Anne-Pacelli made off with a 56-34 win. The score was close at the half, but the Vikings pulled away in the second half with 36 points.
St. Anne-Pacelli got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Jason Nelson out in front who rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Nelson is becoming a predictor of St. Anne-Pacelli's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Jason Davis was another key player, gaining 152 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Anne-Pacelli was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 403 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
St. Anne-Pacelli's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Jack Fry and Zackery Ellis.
Calvary Christian dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for St. Anne-Pacelli, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
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