Covenant Christian's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They walked away with a 21-14 victory over the Southwest Christian School Eagles. This was payback for the Cougars, who suffered a 37-7 loss the last time these two teams met.
The critical scores for Covenant Christian came from Aaron Turner, Jason Fleming, and Fleming.
Covenant Christian wouldn't let Southwest Christian School keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Covenant Christian can thank Ndi Etta and Logan Leger for forcing both of them. Etta also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11.
When it comes to explaining why Southwest Christian School lost, don't look at Robert Jones Ii. Despite the final result, he rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns. Jones Ii has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Covenant Christian's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Southwest Christian School, they now also have a losing record at 2-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Covenant Christian will face off against Covenant at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Covenant's defense has only allowed 15.5 points per game this season, so Covenant Christian's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Southwest Christian School, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Midland Christian at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. Southwest Christian School is facing Midland Christian at the right time seeing as Midland Christian is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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