Cedar Park Christian and Granite Falls are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Cedar Park Christian Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Granite Falls Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cedar Park Christian is coming into the match on a six-game losing streak.
Cedar Park Christian will face Granite Falls after dropping another heartbreaker against King's on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 of beating them. Cedar Park Christian came up short against King's, falling 51-28. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Knights are ranked 109th).
The losing side was boosted by Greg Roy, who threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making eight total tackles.
Cedar Park Christian wouldn't let King's keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cedar Park Christian can thank Sam Lungu and Roy for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Lungu a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Granite Falls got themselves on the board against South Whidbey on Friday, but South Whidbey never followed suit. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 33-0 victory over the Falcons. The Tigers pushed the score to 26-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.
Granite Falls found their leader in underclassman Beau Everson, who rushed for 190 yards and four touchdowns, and also picked up 78 receiving yards. Those 190 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Everson.
Cedar Park Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Granite Falls, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2.
Cedar Park Christian lost to Granite Falls on the road by a decisive 20-3 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Cedar Park Christian, Bradley Kehoe (who rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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