The Southwest Florida Christian King will take on the St. Petersburg Catholic Barons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest Florida Christian's defense has only allowed 7.4 points per game this season, so St. Petersburg Catholic's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Southwest Florida Christian will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 64-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Oasis by a score of 24-21. The King's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, the third road match was the charm for St. Petersburg Catholic, as they earned their first road win of the season. They walked away with a 21-14 victory over Seffner Christian on Friday.
Kanon Vetter had a dynamite game for St. Petersburg Catholic, rushing for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 106 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Vetter a new career-high in rushing yards. St. Petersburg Catholic also got a significant boost from Toni Rrgalla, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 87 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Petersburg Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Seffner Christian only rushed for 26.
St. Petersburg Catholic wouldn't let Seffner Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Zareaon Capehart was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Having lost for the first time this season, Southwest Florida Christian fell to 4-1. As for St. Petersburg Catholic, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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