Football Preview: Bishop Verot Vikings vs. Tarpon Springs Spongers
The Bishop Verot Vikings will take on the Tarpon Springs Spongers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bishop Verot is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.8 points per game this season.
Bishop Verot's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Thursday, when they got past Glades Central's usually-dominant defense. Bishop Verot put the hurt on Glades Central with a sharp 32-6 win. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won four games by 26 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Deshon Jenkins Jr and Ar?Maud Stinfort. Jenkins Jr had a great game and gained 294 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Stinfort was balling out in the loss, rushing for 109 yards and a touchdown.
Bishop Verot was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Tarpon Springs entered their match against Lakewood on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Tarpon Springs fell 21-14 to Lakewood. The defeat continues a trend for the Spongers in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now lost seven in a row.
The victory was the third in a row for Bishop Verot, bringing their record for this year to 7-3. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points per game. As for Tarpon Springs, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-4.
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