The Christ School Greenies will square off against the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Christ School is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 58-28 victory over Charlotte Latin. The match marked the Greenies' most dominant win of the season.
Jackson Cancel continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 328 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 16.4 yards per carry. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 61 yards. Cooper Kirby also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee waltzed into their matchup on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They breezed by the Knights to the tune of 52-7. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked first in Georgia, while the Knights are ranked 224th in North Carolina), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anthony Quinn Jr was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 108 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August. Another player making a difference was Gavin Owens, who threw for 198 yards and three touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 208 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as North Raleigh Christian Academy only rushed for 18.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zeke Marshall and Callum Green. Green also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.6 points per game. As for Christ School, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.
Christ School was dealt a bruising 61-6 defeat at the hands of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee when the teams last played back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Owens, who threw for 192 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 63 yards on only six carries. Now that Christ School knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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