The Benjamin Franklin Electrons will venture away from home to challenge the West Catholic Burrs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Benjamin Franklin will be strutting in after a win while West Catholic will be coming in after a defeat.
Benjamin Franklin will head into Saturday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a two-point loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Kensington on Saturday. Benjamin Franklin blew past Kensington 26-6. The Electrons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Samir Smith was his usual excellent self, rushing for 62 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 207 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes. Benjamin Franklin is 3-1 when Smith posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. A healthy portion of that aerial production (93 yards to be exact) went to Ayres (Rob) Robinson, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Benjamin Franklin didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jervier Stevenson and Robinson.
Meanwhile, West Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 41-20 to Archbishop Wood.
The victory snapped Benjamin Franklin's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-3 record. As for West Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
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