Football Recap: Pensacola Catholic Crusaders vs. Freeport Bulldogs
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pensacola Catholic). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Freeport Bulldogs 53-26 at home. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 23 points or more this season.
Pensacola Catholic didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dacaris Brown and Zion Heard. Pensacola Catholic got some further help from Jeremiah Shelby: he picked up four sacks, made six total tackles (6.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pensacola Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Despite the loss, Freeport still got an impressive performance from Julius Miles, who picked up 187 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Miles is now averaging an impressive 109 receiving yards per game. Zakade Schiro also helped out with an impressive 91 receiving yards.
Pensacola Catholic's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Freeport, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Pensacola Catholic has already played their next match, a 48-20 victory against Mobile Christian on the 4th. As for Freeport, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on South Walton at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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