The Lake Mead Christian Academy Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Holtville Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Lake Mead Christian Academy took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 58-30 win over The Meadows School.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lake Mead Christian Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bowe Farmer, who picked up 271 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Farmer torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards. Colten Downing was another key signal caller, throwing for 425 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 20.2 yards per attempt.
Lake Mead Christian Academy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Troy Perkins picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Holtville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Calexico a 38-0 shutout. The 38-point effort marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Enrique Armas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 67 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Holtville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Lake Mead Christian Academy's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Holtville, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Lake Mead Christian Academy has been excellent in the air this season, having averaged 318.3 passing yards per game. It's a different story for Holtville, though, as they've been averaging only 141.2. How will they fare against such a dominant passing game? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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