Football Recap: Karlo Harris Leads Blue Ridge to Victory over St. Johns

By Team Reports Sep 6, 2024, 9:45pm

Football Recap: Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets vs. St. Johns Redskins

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Blue Ridge won the last time they faced St. Johns, and things went their way on Friday too. The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets put the hurt on the St. Johns Redskins with a sharp 28-8 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellow Jackets.

Karlo Harris was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 192 yards on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Brax Cluff also helped out with an impressive 105 receiving yards.

Blue Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.

Blue Ridge's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Samuel James and Carter McGowen.

Blue Ridge's win bumped their record up to 2-0.

Blue Ridge will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Window Rock at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for St. Johns, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Holbrook at 7:00 p.m. on September 13th. Hopefully St. Johns focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.

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