The Benjamin Buccaneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cardinal Newman Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Benjamin was beaten by Jesuit 31-3. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Tigers are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman got the win against Carrollwood Day on Friday by a conclusive 42-21. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.
Cardinal Newman can attribute much of their success to Jaylin ?Jbo? Brown, who rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Jyron Hughley, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. ?Jbo? Brown really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cardinal Newman was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 470 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Benjamin's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2. As for Cardinal Newman, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Benjamin suffered a grim 28-3 defeat to Cardinal Newman in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of ?Jbo? Brown, who rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Now that Benjamin knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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