The Alexandria Trojans will take on the Evangel Christian Academy Eagles on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Alexandria sitting on ten straight victories and Evangel Christian Academy on five.
Alexandria is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Neville, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Alexandria was ranked second). Alexandria put the hurt on Neville with a sharp 42-16 win last Friday. Considering the Trojans have won six matches by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Evangel Christian Academy had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Gators by a score of 58-48.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Peyton Houston and Brodie Savage. Houston had a great game and threw for 391 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Savage was balling out in the loss, throwing for 409 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.8% of his passes, and also punching in a rushing score.
Evangel Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Damari Drake and Solomon Jammer. Cayleb Armstrong was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Alexandria pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 49.8 points per game. As for Evangel Christian Academy, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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