Given their disadvantage in the MaxPreps state rankings, Boca Ciega should expect quite the challenge on Friday. They take on St. Petersburg at 7:30 PM. St. Petersburg will be strutting in after a victory while Boca Ciega will be stumbling in from a defeat.
Boca Ciega received a tough blow last Friday as they fell 33-50 to Countryside. Boca Ciega's loss came about despite a quality game from sophomore Chris Phillips, who picked up 164 yards on the ground.
Meanwhile, while not quite a landslide, the match between St. Petersburg and Lakewood was still a pretty decisive one as St. Petersburg wrapped it up with a 37-21 win.
Boca Ciega's defeat took them down to 0-2 while St. Petersburg's victory pulled them up to 2-0. In their win, St. Petersburg relied heavily on junior Derrel Kelley iii, who rushed for 66 yards and 1 touchdown; a key strategy for Boca Ciega will lie in finding a way to minimize his impact.
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