The Wake Christian Academy Bulldogs will venture away from home to take on the Asheville School (Independent) Blues at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wake Christian Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat GRACE Christian 51-7. The victory was some much needed relief for the Bulldogs as it spelled an end to their six-game losing streak.
Wake Christian Academy can attribute much of their success to Logan Hawxwell, who picked up 131 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Dylan Welch, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Those 97 rushing yards gave Welch a new career-high.
Meanwhile, while Asheville School (Independent) put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Hickory Grove Christian. Asheville School (Independent) took their game with ease, bagging a 42-0 win over Hickory Grove Christian. Considering the Blues have won four matchups by more than 31 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ricky Tolbert continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 242 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Marvyn Larozar helped Tolbert out on the ground, rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Asheville School (Independent) didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Justin Rowe, Ryerson Gilewicz, and Zander Baptiste picked up one apiece. Gilewicz is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least ten every time he's taken the field this season. Asheville School (Independent) got some further help from Xander Prosper: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Wake Christian Academy's victory ended an eight-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-7. As for Asheville School (Independent), they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
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