Lancaster Christian Academy and Christian Community are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The Lancaster Christian Academy Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Christian Community Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lancaster Christian Academy is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Lancaster Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: South Haven Christian, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Lancaster Christian Academy was ranked eighth). Lancaster Christian Academy was beaten by South Haven Christian 52-20 on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Knights have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Christian Community got the win against CSTHEA on Friday by a conclusive 58-32. Considering the Colts have won four matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Caden Poulin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 290 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 127 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Those 127 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Drew Christner was another key player, picking up 35 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Christian Community was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 236 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 72 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four contests they've averaged 204.
Lancaster Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Christian Community, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Lancaster Christian Academy was dealt a bruising 48-12 defeat at the hands of Christian Community in their previous matchup back in September. Can Lancaster Christian Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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