Two dominant wideouts in William Cheairs and Noah Spencer are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Evangelical Christian Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the University School of Jackson Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Evangelical Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.6 points per game this season.
Evangelical Christian's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by St. Benedict at Auburndale on the road to the tune of 42-0. The result was nothing new for Evangelical Christian, who have now won three matches by 31 points or more so far this season.
Evangelical Christian had a senior duo take command as Cheairs picked up 110 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Kade Butler threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes. Those 269 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Butler. Elliott Caswell helped Butler out on the ground, rushing for 36 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, University School of Jackson's undefeated season came to an end after six games on Friday. They fell just short of Northpoint Christian by a score of 24-21. That makes it the first time this season the Bruins have let down their home crowd.
Evangelical Christian's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for University School of Jackson, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Evangelical Christian was taken down by University School of Jackson 49-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Evangelical Christian have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps