Tri-City Christian will face off against Maranatha Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Tri-City Christian has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Maranatha Christian will arrive with four straight wins.
On Friday, Tri-City Christian was beaten by Rock Academy 44-6.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Maranatha Christian). They took their matchup last Friday with ease, bagging a 58-6 victory over Foothills Christian. With the Eagles ahead 38-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Tri-City Christian better focus on containing Shane Piester and Jack Ralston as the pair were huge in Maranatha Christian's win. Piester threw for 151 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, while Ralston rushed for 95 yards and one score. Ralston's longest rush was for an incredible 95 yards. Hudson Heinrichs also helped out with an impressive 97 receiving yards.
Maranatha Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Maranatha Christian's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Tri-City Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Tri-City Christian didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Maranatha Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, but they still walked away with a 27-21 victory. Will Tri-City Christian repeat their success, or does Maranatha Christian has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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