It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cape Fear can now relate to. They took a hard 28-14 fall against the Jacksonville Cardinals on Friday. The Colts' defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Several Colts players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chosen Wynn, who picked up 101 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Cape Fear wouldn't let Jacksonville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cape Fear can thank Marquan Footman and Damien Gary for forcing both of them. Footman has been hot , having also posted six or more total tackles the last five times he's played. Cape Fear got some further help from Bryan Charles: he made 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Eric Griffin was his usual excellent self, rushing for 199 yards while picking up 8.7 yards per carry for Jacksonville. The dominant performance gave Griffin a new career-high in rushing yards. Demon June handled things on the ground, rushing for 88 yards and three rushing touchdowns.
Cape Fear's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-2. As for Jacksonville, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
Cape Fear does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Jacksonville, they will head out to take on Havelock at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Havelock's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three games.
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