Football Recap: Tough Loss for Grafton

Grafton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 34-14 to the Smithfield Packers. While losing is never fun, the Clippers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Packers are ranked 91st).

X'Zavieon Hendricks stepped up in the defeat, rushing for 55 yards and 1 TD, while also throwing for 121 yards on 13 of 23 attempts.

Grafton has now lost four of their last five games at home. That's part of the reason why they have a 2-5 record this season. As for Smithfield, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Grafton is set to take on their familiar foe Jamestown at 7:00 p.m. on the 16th. Meanwhile, Smithfield will square off against their in-conference opponent York at 7:00 p.m. on the 16th.