Football Game Preview: Lowellville Rockets vs. Jackson-Milton Bluejays

The Lowellville Rockets will take on the Jackson-Milton Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lowellville is coming into the game on a six-game losing streak.

Lowellville is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against McDonald on Friday. The Rockets fell 21-14 to the Blue Devils. The Rockets gained 153 more yards on the day, but it was the Blue Devils that made the best use of them.

Although Lowellville took the loss, they still got scores from Aj Boehlke and Michael Lucido.

Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 1.8 yards per carry. The team can thank Daniel Huff for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Lowellville; they were averaging 4.6yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've fallen to only 4 per game.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Jackson-Milton, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They blew past Waterloo 47-6 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bluejays considering their six-point performance the game before.

Lowellville's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Jackson-Milton, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-3.

Lowellville strolled past Jackson-Milton when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a score of 34-17. Do the Rockets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bluejays turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.