Football Recap: Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes vs. Cedar Shoals Jaguars
While Monroe Area put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Cedar Shoals. The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes claimed a resounding 38-0 victory over the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at home. Given the Purple Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Jaguars are ranked 357th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Monroe Area to victory were Forrest Ross and Jitt Carr. Ross rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, while Carr rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Monroe Area's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Dacian Davis and William Carr who racked up six sacks between them. With that strong performance, Davis is now averaging an impressive 2.5 sacks per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Monroe Area was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cedar Shoals only rushed for -6.
Monroe Area pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Cedar Shoals, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Monroe Area will have plenty of time to enjoy the victory as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Apalachee at 7:30 p.m. on September 6th. As for Cedar Shoals, they will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on Stephens County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Stephens County focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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