<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=133arI_1H2ZZx6R00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=133arI_1H2ZZx6R00" width="1200" height="675" >Thanks to Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union for supporting our coverage this season.PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A familiar foe stood between the Evangel Christian Lightning and another shot at national glory, and after a spirited fight at first, they blew past the Freedom Cowboys.Evangel defeated Freedom 60-34 on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Arnold High School in the National Homeschool Football Association Division I semifinals.The Lightning will now face the Tennessee state champion South Haven Christian on Saturday, Nov. 14 to give Evangel its second-straight national tournament championship.Eli Black kickstarted the Lightning offense with a 66-yard keeper touchdown followed up by a Sawyer Welch run for the 8-0 lead early on.However, the Cowboys answered with an explosive run of their own, this time from 40 yards out to get on the board. The conversion failed though, leaving Evangel up two.Black then rekindled one of his best connections from down the stretch, finding Cruz Romano for the 28-yard touchdown pass. Isaac Griffith punched in the try to extend the lead to 18-6.Freedom got another big drive in it before the end of the first though, running it in from inside the five to get back within a score. Another unsuccessful conversion left the score at 16-12 going into the second.Evangel doubled up from there though, first with Black punching it in from two yards out before hitting Ben Davis for the conversion. The Lightning then grabbed a big stop to get a chance to extend the lead, and they did just that when Griffith scored an 11-yard rushing touchdown followed by Black’s 2-point throw to Romano.That put Evangel up 32-12 in the second quarter, and it was off to the races from there.Freedom responded with a 32-yard explosive pass to get back in the end zone, but another incomplete conversion only cut the gap to 32-18.The Lightning kept rolling on their next drive with a 15-yard scoring pass from Black to Davis as well as a 2-point throw to Romano. After another stop on the next Cowboys drive, Black capped the half with an 18-yard touchdown run. While the conversion failed, Evangel still took a commanding 46-18 lead into the locker room.The Lightning kept rolling into the second half thanks to a 67-yard bomb from Black to Romano, and Black ran in a conversion to increase the lead to 54-18.Freedom then answered with a 45-yard run and a 2-point conversion ahead of one last Evangel score, a 4-yard Black run to hit the 60-point threshold. That came just before the fourth quarter, when Freedom scored a 22-yard touchdown and ran in a 2-point conversion, but it would only cut the final gap to 26.Black finished 6-for-9 for 151 yards and three touchdowns plus 10 carries for 207 yards and four touchdowns. Romano was the top target with two catches for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Griffith finished with eight carries for 92 yards and a touchdown.Jackson Morris was the top tackler with seven tackles while Jackson Bourgeois had five tackles and Black and Cason Venable earned four tackles. Davis and Romano each secured an interception, and Welch forced and recovered a fumble.</div></body>

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A familiar foe stood between the Evangel Christian Lightning and another shot at national glory, and after a spirited fight at first, they blew past the Freedom Cowboys. Evangel defeated Freedom 60-34 on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Arnold High School in the National Homeschool...

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