Faith High School - Song of Faith Yearbook (McCalla, AL)

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Faith hit the road on a long joumey to Phenix City to play Glenwood . one of the top-ranked teams in the state. Faith took HEARTQ SPIRI71 AND C O URA GE onto the field . But lt lacked the muscle that Glenwood had. This was fatal, as Glenwood proved to be too much for the Crusaders to handle. High hopes of upsetting Glenwood diminished. as the Crusaders fell 55-14. In the second home game of the year, Faith's Crusaders moved to Shelby Academy to battle the Eagles of Talladega Academy. In a very physical game, LA CK OF DEPTH caused a decisive defeat for the exhausted Crusaders. The story of the game was told on the scoreboard, which read: Talladega 35, Faith 0. I Q - ,Q ' I .4 4

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el -on The Crusaders then , J 0 U RN E YED C h Q' T0 , s DADEVILLE f a tsta where they played Tallapoom ll d h in ' C5-Q C Academy. It was a bruising game in which several players were injured. ' a 11 t ' Thiswasacostlyblowtothefinal , hsew I outcome, what was. Tallapoosa 26, ' f C , as ' A aa w Faith o. Q ' 'sl a t , 1 . C . The following week Faith traveled to Tuscaloosa to take on West End Christian. Although the Crusaders were fired-up and had a hard week of practice, Faith came home defeated once again, 35-0. u

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un the road agatn. the Crusaders raced a very rugged Shelby Academy defense which held them to only six points. Taking advantage of the young. inexperienced Crusaders. Shelby built up a 31 to 6 lead, which they held to the end of the game. HOME- COMING WEEK ended dismally as the Crusaders went down into defeat once again. The DEFENSE PLA YED WELL until the fourth quarter. when the Cahawba Christian offense began to roll. This was the margin of victory because the Crusaders were never able to generate a consistent offense. The defense spent more time on the field and it eventually collapsed, as the Crusaders were defeated 22 to 8.