The Evangelical Christian Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Northpoint Christian Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Evangelical Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Northpoint Christian likes a good challenge.
Evangelical Christian's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 40-0 victory over St. George's. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Gryphons are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Evangelical Christian's win came down to the chemistry between Kade Butler and his top target William Cheairs. Butler threw for 233 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes while Cheairs picked up 150 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cheairs also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack, making two total tackles, and defending two passes.
One reason for the win was Evangelical Christian's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Rhett Stegall was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Meanwhile, Northpoint Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 28-17 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lausanne Collegiate.
Although Northpoint Christian took the loss, they still got scores from Harrison Nowell and Justin Henderson.
Even though they lost, Northpoint Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Evangelical Christian's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Northpoint Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
Evangelical Christian was dealt a bruising 45-12 defeat at the hands of Northpoint Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Evangelical Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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