Veritas Prep is 1-8 against Scottsdale Christian Academy since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Veritas Prep Falcons will challenge the Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Veritas Prep will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 31) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Phoenix Christian 23-20.
Meanwhile, Scottsdale Christian Academy made easy work of Santa Cruz Valley on Friday and carried off a 28-6 win. Considering the Eagles have won six games by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sean Helgeson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Scottsdale Christian Academy is 7-1 when Helgeson posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise. Harrison Gurash was in the mix as well, providing Scottsdale Christian Academy with two touchdowns.
Scottsdale Christian Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Gurash, Martin Perez, and Caleb Randall picked up one apiece. Scottsdale Christian Academy got some further help from London Olsen: he picked up three sacks and made 12 total tackles.
Scottsdale Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.6 points per game. As for Veritas Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
Things could have been worse for Veritas Prep, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 27-13 loss to Scottsdale Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in October. Can Veritas Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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