While St. Pauls put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Fairmont. The St. Pauls Bulldogs blew past the Fairmont Golden Tornadoes 43-0 at home. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Golden Tornadoes are ranked 386th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Pauls' defense and their nine sacks. The heavy lifting was done by De?Zhian Roberts and Dontez Leach, who racked up 6.5 sacks between them. Roberts also set a new season high mark in sacks with 4.5.
St. Pauls' win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. As for Fairmont, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
St. Pauls will head out on the road to challenge Clinton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Pauls knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Clinton likes a good challenge. As for Fairmont, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against West Bladen at 7:00 p.m. Fairmont is facing West Bladen at the right time seeing as West Bladen is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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