Football Recap: Lugoff-Elgin Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2024, 5:20am

Football Recap: Lugoff-Elgin Demons vs. Blythewood Bengals

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Lugoff-Elgin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 37-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blythewood Bengals. The Demons were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Bengals apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October of 2019.

A big part of Blythewood's victory came down to the chemistry between Johnny Collins and his top target Carter Coleman. Collins threw for 233 yards and four touchdowns while Coleman picked up 119 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Coleman was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 69 yards. Kanye Reed also helped with two touchdowns in total.

Lugoff-Elgin now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Blythewood, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-1.

Lugoff-Elgin will head out to challenge Ridge View at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ridge View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.2 points per game this season. As for Blythewood, they will be playing at home against West Florence at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Blythewood's defense has only allowed 11.1 points per game this season, so West Florence's offense will have their work cut out for them.

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