After each having a week off, the Mount Vernon Mustangs and the King's Ridge Christian Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mount Vernon will be strutting in after a victory while King's Ridge Christian will be coming in after a defeat.
Mount Vernon's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 1-0 win over St. Francis. The one-point effort marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, King's Ridge Christian has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 13.38 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit last Friday. They received a blow as they fell 35-17 to Wesleyan. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Wolves are ranked 141st).
Despite their loss, King's Ridge Christian saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Brody Beach, who rushed for 79 yards on only five carries, was perhaps the best of all. That's the most rushing yards Beach has posted since back in August.
Even though they lost, King's Ridge Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wesleyan only rushed for 150.
Mount Vernon now has a winning record of 4-3. As for King's Ridge Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
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