Football Preview: Dunbar Tigers vs. St. Petersburg Green Devils
Two dominant signal callers in Austin Price and Jeffery Jones are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Dunbar Tigers will challenge the St. Petersburg Green Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
St. Petersburg is hoping to do what North Fort Myers couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Dunbar's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Dunbar enjoyed a cozy 52-38 win over North Fort Myers.
Dunbar's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Price, who threw for 102 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Dunbar didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jeremy Ware Jr. and Ja'Quise Fuller. Ware Jr. has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Dunbar got some further help from Garyan Burger: he made 16 total tackles.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely St. Petersburg's strategy against Northeast on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. Petersburg blew Northeast out of the water with a 42-0 final score. With that victory, the Green Devils brought their scoring average up to 26.3 points per game.
Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 244 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 65 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 56 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Zy'Quayvion Williams also helped out as he racked up 101 rushing yards.
St. Petersburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
St. Petersburg has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.2 points per game. As for Dunbar, their record now sits at 8-2.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Dunbar has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 153.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like St. Petersburg struggles in that department as they've been averaging 241.6. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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