If Osceola wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played St. Petersburg, they should've done a better job of containing Jeffery Jones. Everything went the St. Petersburg Green Devils' way against the Osceola Warriors on Friday as the St. Petersburg Green Devils made off with a 36-15 win thanks in part to Jones, who rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 75 yards.
Jones was just one part of a punishing run game: 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 games.
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.
St. Petersburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Osceola, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Petersburg will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Northeast at 7:00 p.m. on November 7th. As for Osceola, they and Pinellas Park are set to duel on Friday. Pinellas Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.4 points per game this season.
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