The Fellowship Christian Paladins will take on the Savannah Christian Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, everything went Fellowship Christian's way against Osborne as Fellowship Christian made off with a 38-13 win. Given the Paladins' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Cardinals are ranked 288th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Savannah Christian put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 44-20 margin over Oceanside Collegiate Academy. Fans of the Raiders have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Zo Smalls was his usual excellent self, rushing for 214 yards and four touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenry Wall, who rushed for 31 yards and two touchdowns.
Savannah Christian's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Wall and Isaiah Redmond. Wall also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making a tackle and defending two passes in addition to snagging two interceptions. Elijah Griffin was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making four total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Savannah Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in 14 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Fellowship Christian now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Savannah Christian, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Fellowship Christian suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Savannah Christian in their previous meeting back in November of 2018. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Fellowship Christian was down 35-7.
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