It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Greater Atlanta Christian can now relate to. They fell just short of the Mount Paran Christian Eagles by a score of 32-29 on Friday. The Spartans just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.
Despite the defeat, Greater Atlanta Christian saw an underclassman step up: freshman Pierce Wilson rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Wilson is becoming a predictor of Greater Atlanta Christian's success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 4-1 (and 0-6 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Denzell Watkins, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Even though they lost, Greater Atlanta Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 100 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 171.4.
Andrew Overton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Mount Paran Christian, rushing for 118 yards and three touchdowns. Overton's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards. Another player making a difference was Gavin Steele, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Greater Atlanta Christian's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Mount Paran Christian, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Greater Atlanta Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mount Paran Christian, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 48-7 defeat against Calvary Day on the 22nd.
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