Football Preview: Freeport Bulldogs vs. Jay Royals
The Freeport Bulldogs will challenge the Jay Royals at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
While Bulldogs fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 30-0 win over North Bay Haven Academy.
The critical scores for Freeport came from Cody Campbell and Zakade Schiro.
Freeport's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. The heavy lifting was done by Josh Juntunen and Schiro who racked up four sacks between them. Another thorn in North Bay Haven Academy's side was Blake O'Donnell, who made 15 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Jay over Vernon in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Jay blew Vernon out of the water with a 34-0 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Royals had established a 21 point advantage.
Jaymes Youngblood was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 169 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Morris, who threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Jay didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Keaton Payne and Morris.
Freeport came up short against Jay in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 20-14. Thankfully for Freeport, Brock Stout (who rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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