The St. Petersburg Green Devils will venture away from home to challenge the Largo Packers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Petersburg is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
On Friday, St. Petersburg came up short against Southeast and fell 22-14.
Despite the defeat, St. Petersburg had strong showings from Cole Underwood, who threw for 318 yards and one touchdown while completing 74.1% of his passes, and Blake Dickinson, who picked up 180 receiving yards and one score. Dickinson really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 84 yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Largo). They took down Palm Harbor University 35-16 on Friday.
Largo's win came from a few key players St. Petersburg will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Anthony Harris, who rushed for 85 yards, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. Keanu Cooper was another key player, rushing for 56 yards and one TD on only five carries.
Largo has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.3 points on average over those games. As for St. Petersburg, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
St. Petersburg was able to grind out a solid win over Largo in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 20-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Green Devils since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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