Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Edward). They took down the Okeechobee Brahmans 40-22 on Friday. The win was nothing new for the Pirates as they're now sitting on four straight.
Nate Sparkman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 325 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.7% of his passes. Jaden Jackson helped Sparkman out on the ground, rushing for 103 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
St. Edward's wouldn't let Okeechobee keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Edward's can thank Keegan Nyman and Gary Anderson for forcing both of them. St. Edward's got some further help from Ethan Ball: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Although Okeechobee took the loss, they still got scores from Noah Hazellief, Aj Dariano, and Jaleik Brifil.
St. Edward's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1. As for Okeechobee, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. St. Edward's will venture away from home to challenge Cocoa Beach at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cocoa Beach's defense has only allowed 13.8 points per game this season, so St. Edward's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Okeechobee, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Sebastian River at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th.
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