Calvary Day and Prince Avenue Christian squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Calvary Day had to settle for second. They lost 61-39 to the Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Cavaliers, who until this matchup were averaging 13 points allowed.
Calvary Day lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Thomas Blackshear, who picked up 176 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. With that strong performance, Blackshear is now averaging an impressive 104.2 receiving yards per game. Edward Coleman was in the mix too, providing Calvary Day with two touchdowns.
Andrew Beard was his usual excellent self, rushing for 361 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry for Prince Avenue Christian. Those 361 rushing yards gave Beard a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Musser, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown.
Calvary Day's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-2. As for Prince Avenue Christian, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-3.
Calvary Day does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Prince Avenue Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against North Cobb Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Prince Avenue Christian is on a five-game streak of home wins, North Cobb Christian a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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