St. Augustine fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Nease on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 35-34 to the Nease Panthers. That makes it the first time this season the Yellow Jackets have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, St. Augustine still got an impressive performance from Trendell Anderson, who rushed for 119 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Anderson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Nease got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Maddox Spencer out in front who picked up 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Harry, who threw for 252 yards and four touchdowns.
St. Augustine's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-1. As for Nease, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
St. Augustine is taking a road trip to square off against Columbia at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Augustine is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road dating back to last season. As for Nease, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Buchholz at 7:00 p.m. Nease knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Buchholz likes a good challenge.
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