Football Recap: Blue Valley Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Nov 1, 2024, 8:53pm

Football Recap: Blue Valley Tigers vs. St. James Academy Thunder

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Blue Valley can now relate to. They came up short against the St. James Academy Thunder on Friday, falling 48-22. The Tigers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Thunder apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in September.

St. James Academy had a senior duo take command as John Tujague gained 111 total yards and three touchdowns and Tyson Beashore threw for 217 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Tujague also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because St. James Academy is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise.

Blue Valley's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for St. James Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season.

As of now, neither Blue Valley nor St. James Academy have any future games scheduled.

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