The Harvest Christian Academy Saints will take on the Covenant Classical Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Harvest Christian Academy is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Harvest Christian Academy will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points back in September, then bounced right back against Calvary Academy last Friday. Everything went Harvest Christian Academy's way against Calvary Academy as Harvest Christian Academy made off with a 72-48 victory. The Saints' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Mason Ross and Armando Franklin were among the main playmakers for Harvest Christian Academy as the former threw for 145 yards and four touchdowns on only nine passes and the latter rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Ross also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making six total tackles and defending four passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Harvest Christian Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Harvest Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Austin Sampley and Franklin. The dominant performance also gave Sampley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Covenant Classical won against Newman International Academy last Friday with 50 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Covenant Classical managed a 50-46 win over Nazarene Christian Academy. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cavaliers.
Harvest Christian Academy moved to 2-4 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Covenant Classical, their record is now 4-2.
Harvest Christian Academy took a serious blow against Covenant Classical in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 56-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Covenant Classical's Hudson Williams, who threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes. Now that Harvest Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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