The Osbourn Park Yellowjackets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Gainesville Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Osbourn Park focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, Osbourn Park was beaten by Charles J. Colgan 50-8. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Sharks are ranked 150th).
Despite the loss, Osbourn Park got top-tier performance from Ben Kuhn, who picked up 173 receiving yards and a touchdown. Kuhn showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 68 yards.
Meanwhile, Gainesville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Robinson 41-13 at home. With the Cardinals ahead 27-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Colton Kilmer and Koven Smith were among the main playmakers for Gainesville as the former threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns and the latter rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in rushing yards. Grayson Eisenhower was in the mix as well, providing Gainesville with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gainesville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in five consecutive games dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Gainesville's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jeramy Stith and Max Desir, who racked up five sacks between them.
Osbourn Park's defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Gainesville, their record now sits at 4-0.
Osbourn Park was taken down by Gainesville 59-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gainesville's David Howe, who threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 38 yards. Now that Osbourn Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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