The Morse Tigers will take on the Christian Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Morse has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight losses, while Christian will come in with five straight victories.
Morse is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Crawford on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Morse came up short against Crawford, falling 35-14. The Tigers were down 28-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Even though they lost, Morse was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Christian beat San Diego 20-14 on Friday.
Christian found their leader in sophomore Kaleb Runkle, who threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes, and also rushed for 63 yards on only seven carries.
Morse's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Christian, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Morse skirted past Christian 24-21 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morse since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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