The Tri-Cities Christian Eagles will head out to face off against South Haven Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Tri-Cities Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Zion Christian Academy, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Tri-Cities Christian was ranked fifth). Tri-Cities Christian took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 50-6 victory over Zion Christian Academy. Tri-Cities Christian might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, South Haven Christian came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42 points) and they left with even more momentum. They enjoyed a cozy 86-68 win over the Colts. South Haven Christian pushed the score to 66-46 by the end of the third, a deficit Christian Community cut but never quite recovered from.
South Haven Christian found their leader in underclassman Kade Atkinson, who rushed for 228 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per carry, and also threw for 38 yards and a touchdown. Those 228 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Atkinson.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Haven Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 411 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Tri-Cities Christian and bumps their season record up to 6-1. As for South Haven Christian, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Tri-Cities Christian was dealt a bruising 64-36 loss at the hands of South Haven Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Tri-Cities Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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