It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Blake can now relate to. They were beaten by the Clearwater Tornadoes 44-6 on Friday. The Yellow Jackets were red-hot offensively heading into the game (they scored no less than 31 points in the six matchups prior), but the Tornadoes' defense proved too tough.
When it comes to explaining why Blake lost, don't look at Jadarian Collins. Despite the final result, he picked up 89 receiving yards and one touchdown.
Sincere McClinton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Clearwater, rushing for 200 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Those 200 rushing yards gave McClinton a new career-high. Clearwater also got a significant boost from Kemariae Bullard, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 85 yards.
Blake's defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-4. As for Clearwater, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 8-3.
Blake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Clearwater, they are taking a road trip to challenge Port Charlotte at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. That contest will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Jaylen White and Logan Flaherty.
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