The Covenant Christian Cougars will take on the Holy Cross Knights on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Covenant Christian sitting on four straight wins and Holy Cross on 12.
Covenant Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 28-9 victory over Covenant.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Holy Cross against Lake Country Christian on Friday as the squad secured a 56-14 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won ten games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Gibby Alvarado was his usual excellent self, throwing for 281 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown.
Holy Cross didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Issiah Jackson Rice.
Holy Cross was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Covenant Christian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.0 points per game. As for Holy Cross, their victory bumped their record up to 12-0.
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