Football Preview: Cedar Shoals Jaguars vs. Stephens County Indians
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Cedar Shoals is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-field for the first time when they go up against the Stephens County Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Cedar Shoals' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Monroe Area on Friday. They were beaten by the Purple Hurricanes 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Purple Hurricanes are ranked 123rd).
Meanwhile, Stephens County didn't have too much trouble with Elbert County at home on Friday as they won 38-21. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Indians.
Tripp Underwood was the offensive standout of the matchup as he threw for 315 yards and five touchdowns. Davon Swinton was Underwood's top target, picking up 123 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Stephens County was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 429 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Stephens County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jonah Swinton and Duke Collins. Stephens County got some further help from Jakob Lunsford: he picked up a sack and made 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Cedar Shoals' loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Stephens County, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Everything came up roses for Cedar Shoals against Stephens County when the teams last played back in September of 2019 as the team secured a 36-7 win. In that game, Cedar Shoals amassed a halftime lead of 22-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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