Briarcrest Christian proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 35) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish 31-28. For the Saints, this counts as revenge for the 49-24 loss the Fighting Irish walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
Hudson Tucker went supernova for Briarcrest Christian, throwing for 262 yards and three touchdowns. Jd Donaldson helped Tucker out on the ground, picking up 65 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 92 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Briarcrest Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Briarcrest Christian's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Daylon Donaldson and William Jones.
Knoxville Catholic's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Mack Bartholomew, who threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns, and Tyreek King, who picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (105 yards to be exact) also went to Casen Jenkins.
Briarcrest Christian pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Knoxville Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 3-2.
Briarcrest Christian is taking a road trip to square off against Father Ryan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Knoxville Catholic, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Montgomery Bell Academy at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th.
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