After each having a week off, the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets and the Clay Blue Devils will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Two weeks ago, St. Augustine made easy work of Columbia and carried off a 27-6 win. The 27-point effort marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Augustine to victory, but perhaps none more so than Locklan Hewlett, who threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns. Carl Jenkins Jr. was Hewlett's top target, picking up 69 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
St. Augustine didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Christian Coleman and Darrell Jenkins.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clay). They claimed a resounding 45-6 victory over Ridgeview on the road. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-6.
Clay's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Landon Martin, who threw for 122 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Antonio Thomas was Martin's top target, picking up 79 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clay was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 343 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Augustine's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Clay, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-4 record.
Everything came up roses for St. Augustine against Clay in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 49-9 victory. Will St. Augustine repeat their success, or does Clay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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