The North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights will head out on the road to take on the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Raleigh Christian Academy will bounce into Friday's game after beating Ravenscroft, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. North Raleigh Christian Academy blew past Ravenscroft 41-12 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Cooper Herakovich had a dynamite game for North Raleigh Christian Academy, picking up 167 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 88 yards. Another player making a difference was Joshua Brown, who threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per attempt.
Meanwhile, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee came tearing into Friday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 57-20 victory over the Cougars. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked first in Georgia, while the Cougars are ranked 181st in North Carolina), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Raleigh Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2.
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