Two dominant backs in Charlie Pote and Nolan Chandler are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The BVCHEA HomeSchool Mustangs will face off against the Gloria Deo Academy Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
BVCHEA HomeSchool is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Austin Royals HomeSchool to the tune of 56-22. The win was familiar territory for the Mustangs who have now won four games in a row.
Pote continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 321 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry, and also throwing for 92 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
BVCHEA HomeSchool wouldn't let Austin Royals HomeSchool keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. BVCHEA HomeSchool can thank Boone Tucker and Pote for forcing all of them. Tucker has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 15 times he's played.
BVCHEA HomeSchool was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 321 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Gloria Deo Academy came tearing into Saturday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Blacksmiths 61-14. 61 seems to be a good number for the Lions as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Gloria Deo Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Chandler, who rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown. Chandler also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble, making three total tackles, and defending a pass. Caleb Ross was another key player, rushing for 72 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
BVCHEA HomeSchool has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Gloria Deo Academy, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Saturday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. BVCHEA HomeSchool has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 183.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Gloria Deo Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 177.1. It's looking like Saturday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
BVCHEA HomeSchool came up short against Gloria Deo Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 35-30. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chandler, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown. Now that BVCHEA HomeSchool knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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