VictoryLifeLogoThe Victory Life Academy Warriors finished up their regular season Friday night by defeating Wichita Falls Christ Academy 76-30.

VLA had 359 yards of total offense to Christ Academy’s 267.  

Victory Life quarterback Tyler McDaniel was 8 for 13 passing with 197 yards in the air.  McDaniel was also the leading rusher for the Warriors with 135 yards on 7 runs and 3 touchdowns.   Ethan Essary was the leading receiver with 3 catches for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Warriors now head to the playoffs with a 9-1 record on the season and will face Boerne Geneva next week.

See full game stats and highlights below.

VLA Warriors 76, WF Christ Academy Warriors 30

Score by quarter 1 2 3 Total
VLA Warriors 28 28 20 76
WF Christ Academy Warriors 8 16 6 30

Scoring summary Qtr Time Scoring play VLA WF
VLA 1 8:07 #23 Essary, Ethan 27 yd run (#18 Oscar, Sem kick) 8 0
WF Christ Academy 1 6:23 Team 44 yd pass to Team (Team kick) 8 8
VLA 1 4:28 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 14 yd pass to #23 Essary, Ethan (#18 Oscar, Sem kick) 16 8
VLA 1 1:50 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 65 yd run 22 8
VLA 1 0:47 #22 Bessent, Keagan 55 yd int return 28 8
VLA 2 7:37 #49 Goldsboro, Rico 1 yd run 34 8
VLA 2 6:00 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 25 yd pass to #18 Oscar, Sem (#18 Oscar, Sem kick) 42 8
VLA 2 3:59 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 35 yd pass to #13 Collins, Brice 48 8
WF Christ Academy 2 3:00 Team 30 yd run (Team kick) 48 16
VLA 2 2:48 #23 Essary, Ethan 54 yd kick return (#18 Oscar, Sem kick) 56 16
WF Christ Academy 2 0:02 Team 36 yd pass to Team (Team kick) 56 24
VLA 3 9:20 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 16 yd run 62 24
WF Christ Academy 3 6:32 Team 11 yd pass to Team 62 30
VLA 3 5:31 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 20 yd run (#18 Oscar, Sem kick) 70 30
VLA 3 0:00 #8 McDaniel, Tyler 24 yd pass to #23 Essary, Ethan 76 30
Team stats VLA WF Christ Academy
First downs 12 11
Rushing yardage 162 44
Pass completions – attempts 8-13 21-36
Passing yardage 197 223
Pass touchdowns – interceptions 4-0 3-1
Total plays 24 51
Total offense 359 267
Fumbles – lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties – yards 2-15 2-10
Defensive sacks – yards lost 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 13:37 16:23
3rd down efficiency 2 for 2 4 for 12
4th down efficiency 0 for 0 3 for 7
Punts – average 0-0.0 0-0.0

VLA

Rushing

Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 7 135 19.3 65 3
#23 Essary, Ethan 3 26 8.7 27 1
#49 Goldsboro, Rico 1 1 1.0 1 1
Total: 11 162 14.7 65 5
 

Passing

Name Cmp Att Yds TD Int
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 8 13 197 4 0
 

Receiving

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
#23 Essary, Ethan 3 82 27.3 44 2
#13 Collins, Brice 2 49 24.5 35 1
#15 Rasco, Cole 2 41 20.5 25 0
#18 Oscar, Sem 1 25 25.0 25 1
Total: 8 197 24.6 44 4
 

Fumbles

Name Fum FL FR Yds
#18 Oscar, Sem 0 0 1 0
#22 Bessent, Keagan 0 0 1 54
Total: 0 0 2 54
 

Kicking

Name FG FGA Lng XP Pts
#18 Oscar, Sem 0 0 0 5 5
 
Kickoffs

Name Num Yds Avg Lng
#18 Oscar, Sem 10 241 24.1 30
#15 Rasco, Cole 1 4 4.0 4
Total: 11 245 22.3 30
 

Kickoff returns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD
#23 Essary, Ethan 1 54 54.0 54 1
   

Punt returns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng TD
 

Defense

Name Tkl Ast Sac TFL Int
#45 Hagood, Garrett 13.5 13 0.0 1.5 0
#22 Bessent, Keagan 8.5 7 0.0 0.0 1
#23 Essary, Ethan 6.0 6 0.0 0.5 0
#15 Rasco, Cole 4.0 4 0.0 1.0 0
#8 McDaniel, Tyler 3.5 5 0.0 0.0 0
#49 Goldsboro, Rico 2.0 2 0.0 1.0 0
#18 Oscar, Sem 0.5 1 0.0 0.0 0
Total: 38.0 38 0.0 4.0 1