The Bartow Yellow Jackets have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Bloomingdale Bulls at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bartow will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 27) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Auburndale 18-16.
Among those leading the charge was Blake Johnson, who threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 43 yards. Another player making a difference was Avis Brown Jr., who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bloomingdale). They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 40-0 win over Brandon. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulls considering their ten-point performance the matchup before.
Bloomingdale found their leader in underclassman Preston Beckham, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Those 109 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Beckham. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Larson, who picked up 42 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Bartow pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Bloomingdale, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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