Football Preview: Union County Yellowjackets vs. Clinton Red Devils
Union County and Clinton are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Union County Yellowjackets will head out on the road to challenge the Clinton Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Union County will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They had to suffer through a 54-12 loss at the hands of Chester. The Yellowjackets were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 38-0.
Despite the loss, Union County got top-tier performance from Jakevious Jennings, who rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Jennings a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Clinton unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 37-12 to Daniel. The contest marked the Red Devils' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Although Clinton took the loss, they still got scores from Kason Copeland and Rhett Gilliam.
Union County's defeat was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Clinton, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Union County suffered a grim 51-28 defeat to Clinton in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clinton's Tushawan Richardson, who threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes, and also rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown. Now that Union County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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