The Grapevine Faith Christian Lions will head out to challenge the Fort Worth Christian Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Grapevine Faith Christian is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Midland Christian on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Grapevine Faith Christian lost 49-28 to Midland Christian. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 887th, while the Mustangs are ranked 336th).
Despite the loss, Grapevine Faith Christian got top-tier performance from Noah Smith, who picked up 139 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Smith's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 139 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Fort Worth Christian came up short against All S on Friday, falling 37-14. The Cardinals have struggled against the Saints recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Landon Gigliotta and Gavin Parkhurst. Parkhurst had a great game and rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Meanwhile, Gigliotta did his best for the losing side, throwing for 154 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 52 yards.
Grapevine Faith Christian dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Fort Worth Christian, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
Grapevine Faith Christian couldn't quite finish off Fort Worth Christian in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 and fell 55-53. Thankfully for Grapevine Faith Christian, Luke Dodd (who threw for 439 yards and five touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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