A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions challenges the Berwick Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Berwick is hoping to do what St. John couldn't on Friday: put an end to Covenant Christian Academy's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Everything went Covenant Christian Academy's way against St. John as Covenant Christian Academy made off with a 47-26 win. Fans of the Lions have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Connor Lally continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 89 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Jaden Carter got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Berwick). They breezed by Thrive Academy at home to the tune of 53-6 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their seven-point performance the contest before.
Cole Morris was his usual excellent self, rushing for 133 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Sampey, who rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Berwick was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Covenant Christian Academy's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Berwick, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Covenant Christian Academy has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 363.2 total yards per game. It's a different story for Berwick, though, as they've been averaging only 222.5. Will Covenant Christian Academy be able to march up the field at their leisure again, or will Berwick flip the script?
Covenant Christian Academy beat Berwick 27-19 in their previous meeting back in August of 2014. Will Covenant Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Berwick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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