Orange Park Fl- It was named the district of death by many, as District 4S-3 housed the toughest opponents in all of North Florida. Buchholz (7-1), Creekside (7-2), and Fleming Island (4-4) all possessed winning records and impressive wins on the season. For Bartram Trail, they sat undefeated at 8-0, and undefeated in the district with only Oakleaf (4-5) standing in their way. Oakleaf had already played Creekside and Buchholz tough while upsetting Fleming Island earlier in the season. They looked to do the same to Bartram, but the Bears had other plans.
After a Taylor Bradshaw 38-yard touchdown catch put Oakleaf up 7-0 in the first quarter, Bartram would real off 21 unanswered points to go up 21-7. A 5-yard touchdown by Laython Biddle opened the scoring for Bartram. He followed that up with another touchdown run, his second of the half, giving the Bartram the lead. Next, Taylor Rhodes would be on the receiving end of a Riley Trujillo touchdown pass for the third unanswered score by Bartram.
Oakleaf, would recover briefly, when Drew Ammon tossed his second touchdown, this time to Carlos Witherup for a score to close the gap 21-14 in the seond quarter.
Halloween is Monday, and just like every horror movie, you should never wake up a monster. Oakleaf did just that, as Bartram awaken to score five straight touchdowns en route to a 55-20 defeat of Oakleaf. Biddle would score four touchdowns in the contest, including a short run to make the score 36-14.
Riley Trujillo would take over and do the rest as he connected with Nicco Weis and Taylor Rhodes again in the second half. That combined with a scoop and score fumble return for a touchdown by the defense, and you have the perfect recipie for another Bartram win, and another 50-point output on the season. Their third of the year.
Bartram (9-0) will take on Mandarin (5-3) to close out the regular season next week. They’re defeat of Oakleaf meant they had dominated the district of death, with an undefeated 4-0 record. Oakleaf fell to 1-3 in disrict play, and will face rival Clay (3-5) next week.
