Football Recap: Methodist Children's Home Bulldogs vs. St. Mary's
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Methodist Children's Home). They took down St. Mary 75-56 on Friday. The Bulldogs have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the , too.
Londen Bickham went supernova for Methodist Children's Home, rushing for 451 yards and 11 touchdowns while picking up 20.5 yards per carry. Bickham also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble, making seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Methodist Children's Home was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 551 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Several St. Mary's players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ethan Britten, who picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Ty Zimmerhanzel also helped out with an impressive 82 receiving yards.
The win made it two in a row for Methodist Children's Home and bumps their season record up to 2-5. As for St. Mary's, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 2-5.
Methodist Children's Home will host Dallas Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Methodist Children's Home is facing Dallas Academy at the right time seeing as Dallas Academy is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for St. Mary's, they will venture away from home to challenge St. Paul's Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in St. Mary's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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