Football Recap: Lemon Bay Falls Despite Big Games from Drew Smith and Adam Schwartz

By Team Reports Nov 18, 2024, 9:35am

Football Recap: Lemon Bay Manta Rays vs. East Lee County Jaguars

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Lemon Bay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 34-14 to the East Lee County Jaguars.

Lemon Bay's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Adam Schwartz, who rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, and Drew Smith, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Those 137 rushing yards gave Schwartz a new career-high.

It was another big night for Lazaro Rogers, who rushed for 270 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.2 yards per carry for East Lee County. East Lee County is 3-1 when Rogers posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.

Lemon Bay's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for East Lee County, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.

As of now, neither Lemon Bay nor East Lee County have any future games scheduled.

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