Football Preview: St. Edmund Fighting Blue Jays vs. North Central Hurricanes
St. Edmund has gone 8-0 against North Central recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. Edmund Fighting Blue Jays will take on the North Central Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Edmund has three straight wins, North Central has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, St. Edmund took their game at home with ease, bagging a 60-15 victory over Morgan City. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 54-7.
St. Edmund's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Henry Summerlin, who rushed for 83 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, and Kane West, who threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes. Summerlin is crushing it when it comes to rushing touchdowns: he's punched in at least two every time he's taken the field this season. 122 of those passing yards were hauled in by John Landry, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Edmund was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 60-6, which was the final score in North Central's tilt against Pine Prairie on Thursday.
St. Edmund's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for North Central, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for St. Edmund against North Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as the team secured a 48-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Edmund 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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