Football Preview: St. John's Bluejays vs. Columbus Grove Bulldogs
The St. John's Bluejays will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Columbus Grove Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. John's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 21-13 win over Leipsic.
Meanwhile, Columbus Grove put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Mohawk as Columbus Grove made off with a 35-13 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Trenton Barraza was his usual excellent self, rushing for 287 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September.
Columbus Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 296 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
Columbus Grove's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Layton Blankemeyer with two sacks.
St. John's has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.6 points per game. As for Columbus Grove, they pushed their record up to 13-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home.
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