Football Game Preview: Queen City on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 1:11am

Football Preview: Queen City Bulldogs vs. White Oak Roughnecks

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The Queen City Bulldogs will square off against the White Oak Roughnecks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Queen City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight defeats, while White Oak will come in with three straight victories.

Queen City will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Elysian Fields on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 35-point loss they were dealt last Friday. Queen City fell just short of Elysian Fields by a score of 24-21. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bulldogs have suffered since October 6, 2023.

Meanwhile, White Oak humbled Quitman with a 52-14 victory.

Jaxsen Ludlow went supernova for White Oak, rushing for 122 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 202 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Ludlow a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Junior Allen, who rushed for 58 yards and two touchdowns.

He was just one part of a punishing run game: White Oak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.

Queen City's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for White Oak, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.

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