The West Feliciana Saints will stay at home for another week and welcome the St. Michael Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, West Feliciana lost to Plaquemine at home by a 40-21 margin. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Green Devils are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, St. Michael had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 49-8 victory over the Buccaneers at home. With that win, the Warriors brought their scoring average up to 29 points per game.
John Martinez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 155 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 84 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Saylor, who rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Michael was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Michael didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ethan Sutton, Hayden Istre, and Seth Darsam picked up one apiece.
West Feliciana now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Michael, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
West Feliciana barely slipped by St. Michael in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 14-13. Does West Feliciana have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Michael turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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