After starting their season with two straight games on the road, St. Augustine is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Bolles Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, St. Augustine made easy work of Menendez and carried off a 34-14 win. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while the Falcons are ranked 166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Trendell Anderson was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Augustine as he rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. Another player making a difference was Somourian Wingo, who picked up 141 receiving yards and a touchdown.
St. Augustine's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was K'Yon Wilcox and his two sacks. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making two total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Bolles' strategy against Trinity Christian Academy on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bolles blew Trinity Christian Academy out of the water with a 41-7 final score. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Conquerors had little chance of recovering from.
Emmett Grzebin went supernova for Bolles, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Drumm, who threw for 185 yards and two touchdowns.
St. Augustine pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bolles, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
St. Augustine was able to grind out a solid victory over Bolles when the teams last played back in August of 2023, winning 43-36. Will St. Augustine repeat their success, or does Bolles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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