Bartram Trail is on a three-game streak of home losses, Ribault a six-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Bartram Trail Bears will welcome the Ribault Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Bartram Trail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.6 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Bartram Trail and Buchholz were almost perfectly matched up, but Bartram Trail suffered a 38-37 loss. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Bobcats are ranked 28th).
Despite the defeat, Bartram Trail had strong showings from Coleson Baum, who threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and DeAndre Caldwell, who picked up 191 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Caldwell has become a key player for Bartram Trail: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least 80 receiving yards, but 1-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Arthur Lewis IV, who gained 55 total yards and two touchdowns.
Bartram Trail didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Damion Bridges and Josiah Smith.
Meanwhile, Ribault fell victim to Paxon School For Advanced Studies and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a 6-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Golden Eagles. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Trojans haven't been shut out since back in September.
Even if they lost, Ribault's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Jenssy Smith with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played. Ishmael Bradley was another major factor on D, forcing a fumble and making 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Bartram Trail's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Ribault, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
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