The Avon Park Red Devils will venture away from home to take on the Ida Baker Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Avon Park made up a huge gap compared to their last game against LaBelle, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Red Devils fell just short of the Cowboys/Cowgirls by a score of 17-14 on Friday. The Red Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Avon Park took the loss, they still got scores from Keysan Jones and Diangelo Cohen.
Meanwhile, Ida Baker strolled past First Baptist Academy with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 38-21. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Avon Park better keep an eye on Nikolas Korf. He was instrumental in Ida Baker's win, rushing for 242 yards and one touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Root, who threw for 130 yards and one TD.
Ida Baker was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 355 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
One reason for the win was Ida Baker's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Luke Butler was especially locked on to First Baptist Academy's QB and sacked him 2.5 times. Dominic Salerno got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Avon Park now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Ida Baker, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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