New Bern won the last time they faced J.H. Rose, and things went their way on Friday too. The New Bern Bears put the hurt on the J.H. Rose Rampants with a sharp 29-7 win. Considering the Bears have won six matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
New Bern's defense made their presence known, laying out Jimmy Martin. three times. In that department, Amari Reddick was the leader with two sacks. He has become a key player for New Bern: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-2 otherwise. New Bern got some further help from Zion Wright: he made 18 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
When it comes to explaining why J.H. Rose lost, don't look at Jaidon Lovett. Despite the final result, he picked up 151 receiving yards and a touchdown. Lovett's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 131 receiving yards.
The victory (which was New Bern's third in a row) raised their record to 7-2. As for J.H. Rose, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-7.
New Bern wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next match, a 28-15 win against D.H. Conley on the 25th. As for J.H. Rose, they will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Havelock at 7:00 p.m. on November 1st. Havelock is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 42.6 points per game this season.
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