After flying high against St. Pauls last Friday, Lee County came back down to earth. The contest between the Lee County Yellow Jackets and the Southeast Guilford Falcons wasn't particularly close, with the Lee County Yellow Jackets falling 42-26. The loss was the Yellow Jackets' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Lee County still got an impressive performance from Rahshaun Brown, who rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. Jayden Hill also helped out with an impressive 86 receiving yards.
Even though they lost, Lee County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 202 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Lee County's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brandon Baldwin and Cedric Lett.
Alexander Marsh went supernova for Southeast Guilford, throwing for 219 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 85 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Marsh a new career-high in rushing yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lee County fell to 2-1. As for Southeast Guilford, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-1.
Lee County will face off against Panther Creek at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Southeast Guilford, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Grimsley at 7:30 p.m. on September 20th. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 875 yards in their previous games.
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