The First Assembly Christian Crusaders will square off against the Mitchell Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, First Assembly Christian strolled past Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central with points to spare, taking the game 32-14. The Crusaders pushed the score to 32-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Briceton Miller had a dynamite game for First Assembly Christian, rushing for 121 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Miller a new career-high in rushing yards. Jonathan "Jj" Davis, Jr. also helped out with an impressive 102 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, First Assembly Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 261 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central only rushed for 65.
First Assembly Christian's defense made their presence known, laying out Caden Dean. three times. In that department, Aven Gatlin was the leader with two sacks.
Meanwhile, Mitchell put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Oakhaven on the road to the tune of 46-0.
Mitchell's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Thomas Wright. Mitchell got some further help from Martavion Pratcher: he picked up four sacks, forced four fumbles, and made ten total tackles (4.0 for loss).
The win made it two in a row for First Assembly Christian and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Mitchell, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
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