The St. Petersburg Green Devils will face off against the Northeast Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Petersburg has three straight wins, Northeast has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, St. Petersburg was able to grind out a solid victory over Largo, taking the game 20-7. The Green Devils pushed the score to 20-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Packers cut but never quite recovered from.
Jeffery Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 119 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. St. Petersburg also got a significant boost from Zy'Quayvion Williams, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Petersburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Northeast and Osceola met for a duel last Monday where Northeast had to take the L. Northeast fell to Osceola 19-13.
St. Petersburg's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Northeast, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
St. Petersburg took their victory against Northeast in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 31-7. Does St. Petersburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northeast turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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