The Marshall Academy Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Greenville Christian Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Marshall Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let Central Holmes Christian onto the board and left with a 48-0 victory two weeks ago. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Marshall Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Carson Orman out in front who threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. Devin Snow did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 99 receiving yards.
Marshall Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Greenville Christian rose to the challenge on Friday. They claimed a resounding 36-0 win over the Mavericks. The result was nothing new for the Saints, who have now won four games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Keegan Anderson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 294 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 51 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Aaron Lee was Anderson's top target, picking up 128 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Greenville Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Derryon Hynes, Derrick Scott, and Krystain Foules picked up one apiece. Scott is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last five games he's played.
Marshall Academy pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.5 points per game. As for Greenville Christian, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-5.
Marshall Academy came up short against Greenville Christian in their previous meeting back in August, falling 34-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Anderson, who threw for 449 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes. Now that Marshall Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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