Grace Christian Academy air mailed scores early in both the first and second halves of their game with Chattanooga Christian to cement a 38-21 win over the home-standing Chargers in a Division II-A East Region game Friday night.
Piling up 24 points in the first half the Rams never trailed. Grace completed their scoring with 3:47 to go in the third quarter for a 38-14 lead. CCS added a late fourth quarter score to bring the final tally to 38-21.
Grace’s junior quarterback Cooper Riggs passed for 372 yards, including touchdown strikes of 20, 51, 27, 44 and four yards. Total offense was close as the Rams had 413 to the Chargers’ 360. CCS’s ground attack amassed 246 yards on 47 attempts with Jamichael Baxter and Traveon Scott accounting for most of it with 108 and 97 yards respectively.
The Chargers’ Sam Hall passed for an additional 114 yards.
The Class AA Rams lead the East Region at 6-1, 4-0, while CCS now stands at 3-3, 2-1
SCORING SUMMARY
Knox Grace 17 7 14 0 -- 38
CCS 0 7 7 7 -- 21
First Quarter
G (9:15) Chase McCullar 41 Field Goal.
G (7:40) Reese Kirkwood 20 pass from Cooper Riggs (McCullar kick)
G (:28) Grant Warwick 51 pass from Riggs (McCullar kick)
Second Quarter
CCS (9:41) Jamichael Baxter 3 run (Erick Manirakiza kick)
G (1:33) Jalen Greer 27 pass from Riggs (McCullar kick)
Third Quarter
CCS (9:47) Traveon Scott 46 run (Manirakiza kick)
G (8:45) Caleb Curcio 44 pass from Riggs (McCullar kick)
G (3:47) Gage Maynard 4 pass from Riggs (McCullar kick)
Fourth Quarter
CCS (3:31) Hall 1 run (Manirakiza kick)
YARD STICK
Grace CCS
First Downs 17 18
Passing 24-32-1 7-17-2
Passing yards 372 114
Rushing 21-41 47-246
Total Offense 413 360
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1
Punts 3-45.3 7-33.9
Penalties 7-60 10-115
Individual Stats
Rushing – Grace: Gage Maynard 7-25, Zane Lynch 1-9, Caleb Curcio 8-8, Cooper Riggs 5-minus 1; CCS: Jamichael baxter 24-108, Traveon Scott 6-97, Sam Hall 6-26, Rod Young 2-19, Jaden Beck 5-1, Javorus Havis 4- minus 5.
Receiving – Grace: caleb Curcio 9-130-1, Grant Warwick 5-89-1, Reese Kirkwood 5-77-1, Jalen Geer 2-53-1, Gage Maynard 3-23-1; CCS: Michael Houge 5-89, Javorus havis 2-25.
Passing – Grace: Cooper Riggs 16-24372-5-1; CCS: Sam hall 7-17-114-0-2.