The St. Petersburg Green Devils's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Northeast Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Petersburg will be strutting in after a victory while Northeast will be coming in after a loss.
St. Petersburg's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave two weeks ago, when they got past Osceola's usually-dominant defense. St. Petersburg blew past Osceola 36-15. The result was nothing new for the Green Devils, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Jeffery Jones, who rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 75-yard run.
St. Petersburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
St. Petersburg didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Christopher Tank and D'Shaun Washington.
Meanwhile, Northeast was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 33-27 to Largo.
St. Petersburg is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Northeast, they dropped their record down to 3-6 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything went St. Petersburg's way against Northeast in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as St. Petersburg made off with a 31-7 win. Does St. Petersburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northeast turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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