The Fairmont Golden Tornadoes will face off against the St. Pauls Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fairmont is looking for their season's first win.
Fairmont is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Midway on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Fairmont was beaten by Midway 57-6.
Meanwhile, St. Pauls humbled Red Springs with a 44-6 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won four games by 25 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Pauls to victory, but perhaps none more so than Theophilus (Theo) Setzer, who threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 96 yards on only nine carries. Setzer's longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another rusher making a difference was Yoshua Mcbryde, who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Pauls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 208 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Fairmont's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for St. Pauls, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Fairmont was dealt a bruising 35-6 defeat at the hands of St. Pauls in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Fairmont avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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