Evangel Prediction: Lightning to challenge for national glory once again - Shelby County Reporter

Evangel Prediction: Lightning to challenge for national glory once again - Shelby County Reporter

By ANDREW SIMONSON | Sports Editor Whenever Evangel coach Tim Smith tells me it’s going to be a “rebuilding year,” I usually treat it like a Rhodes Scholar upset that they got a 95 on a project. The standard for excellence for the Evangel Christian Lightning’s football program is so insanely high, even falling slightly short of that is a banner year for most schools. That was the situation two years ago when Evangel lost many key pieces from a n…