Faith Christian hasn't had much luck against Rocky Mount Academy recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Faith Christian Patriots' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Rocky Mount Academy Eagles at 5:30 p.m. Faith Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Faith Christian and Harrells Christian Academy met for a duel on Thursday where Faith Christian couldn't get it done. Faith Christian fell just short of Harrells Christian Academy by a score of 2-1.
Faith Christian's goal came courtesy of
Tanner Belk, who's now up to 16 this season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Rocky Mount Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Kerr-Vance Academy on Monday. They never let the Spartans onto the board and left with a 9-0 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by three goals or more this season.
Faith Christian's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Rocky Mount Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Faith Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against Rocky Mount Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Faith Christian since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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