The Bloom-Carroll Bulldogs will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Athens Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bloom-Carroll put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 40-0 win over Circleville. Given Bloom-Carroll's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 79th, while Circleville is ranked 548th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Athens had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They secured a 19-13 W over Nelsonville-York.
Alex Pero continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 196 yards and two touchdowns. Pero is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last five games he's played. Braeden Young and his 110 yards on the ground were also a key factor in Athens' win.
Bloom-Carroll's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Athens, their victory was their fifth straight at home, bumping their overall record up to 6-4.
