Football Preview: St. Petersburg Green Devils vs. Palm Harbor University Hurricanes
The St. Petersburg Green Devils will challenge the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Petersburg has three straight wins, Palm Harbor University has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Petersburg will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up ten points last Friday, then bounced right back against East Lake on Friday. St. Petersburg took down East Lake 32-16.
Jeffery Jones was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Petersburg as he rushed for 253 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Jones is now averaging an impressive 143 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Petersburg was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 430 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Palm Harbor University lost to Parrish Community on the road by a 21-7 margin on Friday.
St. Petersburg's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Palm Harbor University, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
St. Petersburg and Palm Harbor University were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, but St. Petersburg came up empty-handed after a 34-33 defeat. Can St. Petersburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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