Providence Academy will face off against the Grace Baptist Academy Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Providence Academy and six for Grace Baptist Academy.
On Friday, Providence Academy was beaten by Providence Christian Academy 49-14. While losing is never fun, Providence Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 312th, while Providence Christian Academy is ranked 128th).
Although Providence Academy took the loss, they still got scores from Cole Blanton and Marcus Stine.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed eight in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Stine, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 45-18, which was the final score in Grace Baptist Academy's tilt against Howard Tech last Friday.
Providence Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Grace Baptist Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Providence Academy was taken down by Grace Baptist Academy 35-6 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Thankfully for Providence Academy, Carson Knecht (who rushed for 88 yards and two scores on only eight carries, and also picked up 76 receiving yards and one touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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