The Cathedral Academy Generals will venture away from home to face off against the Jefferson Davis Academy Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a six-game winning streak alive.
Cathedral Academy's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when King's Academy offense got past them. Cathedral Academy took down King's Academy 62-43 two weeks ago. The Generals pushed the score to 50-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Davis Academy faced Cross in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Jefferson Davis Academy took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 70-12 victory over Cross. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 54 points or more this season.
Jefferson Davis Academy got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Dalton Nix out in front who rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Nix's longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. James Grubbs was another key rusher, rushing for 110 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jefferson Davis Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 413 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Cathedral Academy pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Jefferson Davis Academy, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
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