After two games on the road, Slaughter Community Charter is heading back home. They will welcome Thomas Jefferson at 7:00 a.m. on Friday. Slaughter Community Charter's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Thomas Jefferson's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Slaughter Community Charter's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Dunham offense got past them. Slaughter Community Charter was beaten by Dunham 56-16 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Tigers are ranked 38th).
Although Slaughter Community Charter took the loss, they still got scores from Kyron Jackson and Joshua Thomas.
Even if they lost, Slaughter Community Charter's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Nadrien Johnson was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 28-27 victory over the Gators. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but Thomas Jefferson was the better team in the second half.
Thomas Jefferson's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-5. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points per game. As for Slaughter Community Charter, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
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