The Coosa Christian Conquerors will face off against the Tuscaloosa Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Coosa Christian will be looking to keep their 12-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Coosa Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 63-0 win over West End on the road. Considering the Conquerors have won seven contests by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
John-David Justus went supernova for Coosa Christian, throwing for 172 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 41 yards. Kanon Wilson was another key player, rushing for 23 yards and two touchdowns.
Coosa Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Edward and Kylen Johnson.
Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Academy's undefeated season came to an end after seven games on Friday. They fell just short of Sulligent by a score of 46-44. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (35), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Tuscaloosa Academy got top-tier performance from Preston Lancaster, who threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns while completing 79.4% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Lancaster is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Mark Norris, who picked up 87 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Coosa Christian's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Tuscaloosa Academy, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Coosa Christian has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 147.9 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Tuscaloosa Academy has preferred to attack from the air: they average 318.4 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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