After each having a week off, the Johnsonville Flashes and the Branchville Yellow Jackets will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Johnsonville focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four last Friday.
Johnsonville is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Latta last Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Johnsonville was dealt a 48-14 loss at the hands of Latta. The Flashes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although Johnsonville took the loss, they still got scores from Takhari Ross and Ja'Mere Ross.
Meanwhile, Branchville never let their opponents score last Friday. They blew past St. John's, posting a 56-0 victory. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won six matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Branchville's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Johnsonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Johnsonville and Branchville were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, but Johnsonville suffered an agonizing 43-42 loss. Can Johnsonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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