Calhoun Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Lee Academy. The Calhoun Academy Cougars fell 36-28 to the Lee Academy Cougars. Calhoun Academy was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Lee Academy apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in November of 2023.
Several Cougars players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Layton Logan, who rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns. Carsen Stegall handled things on the ground, rushing for 117 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Calhoun Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Calhoun Academy now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Lee Academy, they pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Calhoun Academy will challenge Kemper Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Calhoun Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.3 points per game this season. Lee Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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