The Pine Raiders will take on the St. James Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Pine comes in on four and St. James on five.
Pine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Kaplan 21-6.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when St. James faced off against Donaldsonville on Friday. St. James blew past Donaldsonville 48-6. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won five contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. James to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kendrick Joseph Jr., who rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Those 128 rushing yards gave Joseph Jr. a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kani King-Young, who gained 147 total yards and a touchdown.
St. James didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jye Blain, Garry White, and Jarrell Williams picked up one apiece.
St. James was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Pine is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.3 points per game. As for St. James, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
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