On Wednesday, Jefferson Davis Academy faced Cross in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Jefferson Davis Academy Raiders took their game at home with ease, bagging a 70-12 victory over the Cross Stingrays. The win was familiar territory for the Raiders who have now won six contests in a row.
Jefferson Davis Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dalton Nix led the charge by rushing for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave Nix a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of James Grubbs, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jefferson Davis Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 413 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in 20 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Jefferson Davis Academy's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Cross, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Jefferson Davis Academy will stay at home for another week and welcome Cathedral Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cathedral Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Jefferson Davis Academy likes a good challenge. As for Cross, they will head out on the road to take on King's Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cross is facing King's Academy at the right time seeing as King's Academy is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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