The Greenville Christian Eagles will head out on the road to take on the First Baptist Saints at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenville Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 1656th, while First Baptist is ranked 732nd).
Greenville Christian's eight-game losing streak came to an end on Friday. They took down Poetry Community Christian 40-24. The team accrued 30 points in the first half and coasted on those for the victory.
Meanwhile, First Baptist had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They strolled past Heritage Christian with points to spare, taking the game 52-34.
Greenville Christian's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 1-8. As for First Baptist, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Greenville Christian was taken down by First Baptist 69-20 in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Greenville Christian was down 36-7.
