Football Preview: Beachside Barracudas vs. Orange Park Raiders
The Beachside Barracudas will challenge the Orange Park Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Beachside will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Orange Park better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Beachside really get things going. Everything went Beachside's way against Middleburg on Friday as Beachside made off with a 44-18 win. The Barracudas might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 26 points or more this season.
Eddie Jordan was his usual excellent self, rushing for 83 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. Those 83 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Beachside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 83 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 175.7.
Meanwhile, a victory for Orange Park just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by Ponte Vedra 35-6. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Sharks are ranked 54th).
Despite the loss, Orange Park got top-tier performance from Quinton Moore, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and also threw for 105 yards on seven of 17 attempts. Moore's longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Orange Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jack Rivera and Daniel Richardson.
Beachside has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Orange Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Beachside has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 376 total yards per game. It's a different story for Orange Park, though, as they've been averaging only 230. Will Beachside be able to march up the field at their leisure again, or will Orange Park flip the script? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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