The Christian Community Colts will venture away from home to square off against the Zion Christian Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Zion Christian Academy took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Christian Community, who comes in off a win.
Christian Community is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Lancaster Christian Academy, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Christian Community was ranked sixth). Christian Community breezed by Lancaster Christian Academy at home to the tune of 48-12 on Friday.
Braxton Pugh and Caden Poulin were among the main playmakers for Christian Community as the former gained 169 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. That's the most rushing yards Poulin has posted since back in August of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Hubbard, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Christian Community was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 319 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Christian Community's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Brandon Crafton.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 34 points the game before, Zion Christian Academy was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They were beaten by South Haven Christian 50-6. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the : they've now lost three in a row.
Christian Community's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Zion Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything came up roses for Christian Community against Zion Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 50-20 victory. In that contest, Christian Community amassed a halftime lead of 50-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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