Football Preview: Columbia Tigers vs. St. Augustine Yellow Jackets
The Columbia Tigers will take on the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Columbia's defense has only allowed 15.8 points per game this season, so St. Augustine's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, Columbia came up short against Trinity Christian Academy and fell 21-14. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Conquerors: they've now lost five in a row.
Although Columbia took the loss, they still got scores from Bynton Edge and Brandon Lovett.
Meanwhile, St. Augustine fought the good fight in their overtime match against Nease on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 35-34 to the Panthers. That makes it the first time this season the Yellow Jackets have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, St. Augustine got top-tier performance from Trendell Anderson, who rushed for 119 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Anderson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Columbia now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Augustine, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-1.
Columbia came up short against St. Augustine in their previous matchup back in December of 2020, falling 35-24. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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