Football Preview: Mary Persons Bulldogs vs. Spalding Jaguars
The Mary Persons Bulldogs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Spalding Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mary Persons will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Last Thursday, Mary Persons came up short against LaGrange and fell 41-28.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Spalding took on Whitewater on Friday. Spalding took down Whitewater 28-14.
Spalding can attribute much of their success to Dashun Gilbert, who rushed for 97 yards on only 12 carries, and also threw for 123 yards on seven of 13 attempts. The dominant performance gave Gilbert a new career-high in rushing yards.
Spalding was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 303 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 97.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four contests they've averaged 201.5.
Mary Persons has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season. As for Spalding, they pushed their record up to 3-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Mary Persons came up short against Spalding in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 28-20. Can Mary Persons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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