The Harvest Christian Academy Saints will venture away from home to take on the Harvest Christian Academy Saints at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, the Saints came up short against the Eagles and fell 57-48. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Saints still had to take the loss.
The Saints might have lost, but man, Armando Franklin was a machine: he rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries.
Meanwhile, the Saints were not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell to the Blacksmiths 38-34. The Saints gained 68 more yards on the day, but it was the Blacksmiths that made the best use of them.
Despite the loss, the Saints got top-tier performance from Peyton Ellison, who picked up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Ellison has posted since back in September of 2023.
The Saints now have a losing record at 1-2. As for the Saints, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. The Saints have deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 199 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, the Saints have preferred to attack from the air: they average 267 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
The Saints beat the Saints 38-25 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ellison, who picked up 164 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Saints still be able to contain Ellison? There's only one way to find out.
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