The St. Albans Bulldogs will take on the Bell Griffins at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Albans is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 35-34 victory over Maret. The win was all the more spectacular given the Bulldogs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' District of Columbia football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Frogs are ranked tenth).
St. Albans found their leader in sophomore Brett Paukstis, who threw for 311 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. Lacy Rice was another key player, picking up 77 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Bell waltzed into their contest on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Indians 49-8. The result was nothing new for the Griffins, who have now won eight matches by 23 points or more so far this season.
Antonio Washington continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 297 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 52 yards and a touchdown. Those 297 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Bell has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.3 points per game. As for St. Albans, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-4.
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