It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Central HomeSchool can now relate to. They took a blow against the Evangel Christian Lightning on Friday, falling 77-43. The defeat continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Lightning: they've now lost seven in a row.
Despite the loss, East Central HomeSchool had strong showings from Nikita Getmanshchuk, who threw for 355 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 14.8 yards per attempt, and Micah Smith, who picked up 208 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Smith was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 53 yards. Another pass catcher making a difference was Jaimon ONeal, who picked up 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Kemp Swords continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Evangel Christian, rushing for 142 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Swords a new career-high in rushing yards. Will Welch was Swords' top target, picking up 104 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
East Central HomeSchool's defeat dropped their record down to 8-2. As for Evangel Christian, their victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
As of now, neither East Central HomeSchool nor Evangel Christian have any future games scheduled.
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