The Crescent Tigers will take on the Christ Church Episcopal Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Crescent sitting on four straight wins and Christ Church Episcopal on five.
Crescent is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Union County 45-18. Considering the Tigers have won three contests by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Christ Church Episcopal humbled West-Oak with a 42-2 victory. While fans of the Cavaliers might be used to big wins, the 40-point margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Christ Church Episcopal found their leader in freshman Michael Martin II, who rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Those 150 rushing yards gave Martin II a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tucker Hendrix, who threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Christ Church Episcopal didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hutch Lyman and Hayes Lyman.
Christ Church Episcopal has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.3 points per game. As for Crescent, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Crescent suffered a grim 27-7 defeat to Christ Church Episcopal when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Thankfully for Crescent, Grayson Klue (who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries) 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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