Hill Country Christian entered their matchup against Gloria Deo Academy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Hill Country Christian Rams were beaten by the Gloria Deo Academy Lions 61-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 158th, while the Lions are ranked 45th).
Gloria Deo Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Trip Kuper led the charge by throwing for 116 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Kuper a new career-high in rushing yards. Kai Wallace also helped with three touchdowns in total.
Hill Country Christian is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-4. As for Gloria Deo Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Hill Country Christian will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Summit Christian Academy at 7:30 p.m. on October 18th. As for Gloria Deo Academy, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Veritas Academy at 7:30 p.m. Gloria Deo Academy is facing Veritas Academy at the right time seeing as Veritas Academy is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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