Two dominant backs in Shon Pone and Yoshua McBryde are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Seventy-First Falcons will look to defend their home field on Friday against the St. Pauls Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Seventy-First comes in on five and St. Pauls on six.
Seventy-First is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Douglas Byrd 63-0 on Friday. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Eagles are ranked 372nd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Pauls never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past E.E. Smith, posting a 35-0 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 28 points or more this season.
A big part of St. Pauls' win came down to the chemistry between Antonio Arnold and his top target Malikah Locklear. Arnold threw for 163 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes while Locklear picked up 96 receiving yards and three TDs. Those three receiving touchdowns gave Locklear a new career-high. Aubrey Cobbs got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
St. Pauls didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dontez Leach and Jakhi Purcell. Another thorn in E.E. Smith's side was Dezhian Roberts, who picked up four sacks and made nine total tackles (6.0 for loss).
St. Pauls' victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Seventy-First, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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