The Riverside Generals will venture away from home to square off against the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Riverside took their match at home with ease, bagging a 54-14 win over Orange Park. Given the Generals' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Raiders are ranked 248th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Riverside got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Glenn Foreman Iii out in front who threw for 162 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Myles Kendrick did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 137 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Riverside was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 617 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Augustine's way against Menendez last Friday as St. Augustine made off with a 34-14 win. The Yellow Jackets pushed the score to 34-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
Trendell Anderson went supernova for St. Augustine, rushing for 100 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. That's the most rushing yards Anderson has posted since back in October of 2023. Another player making a difference was Somourian Wingo, who picked up 141 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Augustine's defense and their three sacks. In that department, K'Yon Wilcox was the leader with two.
Riverside now has a winning record of 2-1. As for St. Augustine, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Riverside was able to grind out a solid win over St. Augustine in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, winning 29-21. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverside since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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