Football Preview: Ribault Trojans vs. Bartram Trail Bears
The Ribault Trojans are on the road again on Friday to play the Bartram Trail Bears at 7:00 p.m. Ribault's offense hasn't had much luck over their past seven contests, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Ribault's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Paxon School For Advanced Studies on Friday. They fell to the Golden Eagles 6-0. The shutout was out of character for the Trojans seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Even if they lost, Ribault's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Jenssy Smith was especially locked on to Paxon School For Advanced Studies' QB and sacked him twice. Smith is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played. Another thorn in Paxon School For Advanced Studies' side was Ishmael Bradley, who forced a fumble and made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Bartram Trail was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 38-37 to Buchholz. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Bobcats are ranked 28th).
Despite the defeat, Bartram Trail had strong showings from Coleson Baum, who threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and DeAndre Caldwell, who picked up 191 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Baum a new career-high in rushing yards (53). Arthur Lewis IV also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Bartram Trail didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Damion Bridges and Josiah Smith.
Ribault's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Bartram Trail, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
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