Two dominant signal callers in Peyton Houston and Braylon Walker are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Evangel Christian Academy Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Lafayette Christian Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Evangel Christian Academy humbled Haughton with a 55-27 victory.
Houston and Joshua Isaac Jr were among the main playmakers for Evangel Christian Academy as the former threw for 276 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt and the latter gained 221 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Isaac Jr a new career-high in rushing yards (146).
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Evangel Christian Academy's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Cayleb Armstrong and Damari Drake, who racked up all five sacks between them. Ashton Dawson was another major factor on D, making nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Evangel Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lafayette Christian Academy). They claimed a resounding 43-7 win over Welsh. With that victory, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 27.2 points per game.
Lafayette Christian Academy had a senior duo take command as Jalen Noel rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries and Ashton Begnaud threw for 118 yards and three touchdowns. Noel really tore up the turf during one magnificent 84-yard run.
Lafayette Christian Academy wouldn't let Welsh keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lafayette Christian Academy can thank De'Anthony Babineaux and Jaeden Winters for forcing both of them. Winters is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played.
Evangel Christian Academy's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Lafayette Christian Academy, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-5.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Evangel Christian Academy has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 560.9 total yards per game. However, it's not like Lafayette Christian Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 354.1. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Evangel Christian Academy was taken down by Lafayette Christian Academy 51-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2020. Will Evangel Christian Academy have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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