Covenant Christian has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Southwest Christian School Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Covenant Christian had to suffer through a 56-14 loss at the hands of First Baptist. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 663rd, while the Saints are ranked 189th).
Although Covenant Christian took the loss, they still got scores from Grant Kruse and Oliver Hautanen.
Meanwhile, Southwest Christian School beat Nolan Catholic 28-21 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
It was another big night for Robert Jones Ii, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Southwest Christian School was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 287 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Nolan Catholic only rushed for 137.
Covenant Christian's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Southwest Christian School, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-2.
Covenant Christian took a serious blow against Southwest Christian School in their previous meeting back in October of 2017, falling 37-7. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Covenant Christian was down 30-0.
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