The Foothills Christian Knights are on the road again on Friday to play the Sage Hill Lightning at 6:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Foothills Christian is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing PAL Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Foothills Christian never let PAL Academy onto the board and left with a 57-0 victory on Friday. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Knights had established a 50 point advantage.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jack Sudi and he. Sudi rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown while he rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 60 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Foothills Christian's defense and their six sacks. Gabriel Larm was especially locked on to PAL Academy's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Sage Hill took care of business in their home opener on Friday (and then some). They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat New Designs University Park 51-0 at home.
Foothills Christian now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Sage Hill, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
Foothills Christian took a serious blow against Sage Hill in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 57-13. Thankfully for Foothills Christian, Danyel Khan (who picked up 184 receiving yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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