The Covenant Christian Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Lubbock Christian Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Covenant Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 63-0 win over Trinity Christian. The Cougars pushed the score to 49-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had no chance of recovering from.
Covenant Christian found their leader in underclassman Correll Buckhalter Jr, who rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Covenant Christian is 3-1 when Buckhalter Jr posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. Covenant Christian also got help from Aaron Turner, who showed off his sure hands for 81 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Lubbock Christian came tearing into two weeks ago's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Eagles at home to the tune of 56-20. Considering Lubbock Christian has won four games by more than 32 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Covenant Christian now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Lubbock Christian, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Everything went Covenant Christian's way against Lubbock Christian in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, as Covenant Christian made off with a 41-20 win. Will Covenant Christian repeat their success, or does Lubbock Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
