In a primetime Thursday night showdown, the Grand Rapids Christian Eagles got the opportunity to play under the lights at South Christian for the second game in two days.

Despite playing a game the night before, the Eagles came out of the gate with a high intensity style of play that immediately put the Sailors under pressure. Midfielders Caden Hoving, Sasha Neykov, and Alberto Aliaga moved the ball extremely nicely through the middle of the park, looking to set the tempo and find feet. As usual, the outlets on the wings of Nate Evenhouse, Gerrit Boer, Arie Nol, and Andrew Brink allowed GRC to stretch the Sailor's defense. The best opportunites came through switch the ball side to side which produced the first goal of the game. Switching the ball from right to left found Gerrit settling the ball off of his chest to cut in before slotting Will Bush in on goal where he expertly finished to cap off a dominate first half, 1-0.

Knowing South Christian would try and adjust, the challenge for the second half was to keep the intensity from the first half. The Eagles continued to dominate the ball, but struggled more to keep possession after South Christian's changes. Will Gruennert and Max Rodwell showed good determination to get the ball in promising positions before Alberto nearly capped off a fine combination with the deftest of chips that a defender cleared off the line. With the game winding down, South Christian attempted to get chances through set pieces. As a ball came across the Eagle's box, a 50/50 ball that the referee deemed an impingement resulted in a Sailor penalty. They dispatched the PK for a 1-1 score line to end the game.

The Eagle's have on last game next week Monday against Northview!