The Bartow Yellow Jackets have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Bloomingdale Bulls at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bartow will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 27) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 18-16 win over Auburndale.
Blake Johnson was the offensive standout of the contest as he threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 43 yards. Another player making a difference was Avis Brown Jr., who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bloomingdale). They breezed by Brandon at home to the tune of 40-0 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulls considering their ten-point performance the match before.
Bloomingdale found their leader in underclassman Preston Beckham, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Those 109 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Beckham. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Larson, who picked up 42 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Bartow's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-2. As for Bloomingdale, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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