The Osbourn Park Yellowjackets are on the road again on Friday to play the Gainesville Cardinals at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Osbourn Park was beaten by Charles J. Colgan 50-8. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Sharks are ranked 150th).
Osbourn Park might have lost, but man, Ben Kuhn was a machine: he picked up 173 receiving yards and a touchdown. Kuhn was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 68 yards.
Meanwhile, Gainesville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Robinson for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-13 victory at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 27-0.
Gainesville can attribute much of their success to Colton Kilmer, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and Koven Smith, who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Smith a new career-high in rushing yards. Grayson Eisenhower was in the mix as well, providing Gainesville with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gainesville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in five consecutive contests dating back to last season.
One reason for the win was Gainesville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jeramy Stith and Max Desir, who racked up five sacks between them.
Osbourn Park dropped their record down to 1-3 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Gainesville, their record now sits at 4-0.
Osbourn Park was dealt a bruising 59-0 loss at the hands of Gainesville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gainesville's David Howe, who threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 38 yards. Now that Osbourn Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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