Football Preview: St. Pauls Bulldogs vs. West Columbus Vikings
St. Pauls has gone 7-0 against West Columbus recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. Pauls Bulldogs will square off against the West Columbus Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Pauls took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 48-23 margin over South Brunswick.
Yoshua Mcbryde was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 257 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Theophilus (Theo) Setzer, who threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Pauls was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 561 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Brunswick only gained 263.
Meanwhile, West Columbus really took it to West Bladen for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-8 win at home. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Vikings had established a 20 point advantage.
St. Pauls now has a winning record of 2-1. As for West Columbus, they pushed their record up to 1-1 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
St. Pauls skirted past West Columbus 14-12 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Pauls since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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