After each having a week off, the Sandalwood Saints and the First Coast Buccaneers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Sandalwood will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Sandalwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against Fletcher two weeks ago, falling 47-19. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Senators are ranked 141st).
Meanwhile, First Coast didn't have too much trouble with Clay on the road two weeks ago as they won 24-7.
One reason for the win was First Coast's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Leading the way was Quinton Whigham with two.
Sandalwood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for First Coast, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Sandalwood took their win against First Coast in their previous matchup back in November of 2021 by a conclusive 35-14. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was First Coast's Davion Brown, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 128 yards on six of 18 attempts. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Sandalwood to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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