After each having a week off, the St. Francis Knights and the Lafayette Christian Cougars will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Francis has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Lafayette Christian will come in with six straight victories.
St. Francis is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Community Christian, who was ranked tenth at the time (St. Francis was ranked 15th). St. Francis fell 33-28 to Community Christian last Friday.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Eli Pawlish and Isaiah Lee. Lee had a great game and rushed for 283 yards and four scores while picking up 14.2 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Pawlish was balling out in the loss, rushing for 62 yards and a pair of TDs, while also picking up 31 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Lafayette Christian against Central Christian last Friday as the team secured a 47-6 win. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 34 points or more this season.
Lafayette Christian's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. The team can thank three different players for their defensive prowess: Toby Parrott, Cody Batistini, and Liam Carroll, who each picked up one sack apiece.
Lafayette Christian's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for St. Francis, they now have a losing record of 3-4.
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