The Northside Christian Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Petersburg Catholic Barons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northside Christian is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Northside Christian is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Lakeland Christian on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northside Christian came up short against Lakeland Christian, falling 41-19. The Mustangs were down 31-11 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Although Northside Christian took the loss, they still got scores from Macrae Allen and Larry Christian |||.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Petersburg Catholic). They put the hurt on Lake Placid with a sharp 48-27 win on Friday. With that victory, the Barons brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
Toni Rrgalla continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 280 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Kanon Vetter, who rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
St. Petersburg Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Petersburg Catholic's defense and their five sacks. In that department, De'Vion Frazier was the leader with two.
Northside Christian now has a losing record at 4-5. As for St. Petersburg Catholic, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Everything went Northside Christian's way against St. Petersburg Catholic in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Northside Christian made off with a 37-17 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northside Christian since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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