The Lugoff-Elgin Demons will head out on the road to face off against the Irmo Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lugoff-Elgin will be strutting in after a victory while Irmo will be coming in after a defeat.
Lugoff-Elgin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 42-6 win over Socastee. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Jar'Kese Grant
| 11/07/25 vs Socastee | 158 |
| 09/12/25 @ Aiken | 129 |
| 10/03/25 @ Blythewood | 102 |
| 10/17/25 @ Westwood | 95 |
| 09/05/25 vs Darlington | 86 |
| + 6 more games |
It was another big night for Jar'Kese Grant, who rushed for 158 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry. Lugoff-Elgin is undefeated when Grant posts 100 or more rushing yards, but 3-5 otherwise. The Demons also got help from Shamil Saadiq, who showed off his sure hands for 107 receiving yards.
Lugoff-Elgin didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Corey Murphy and Eric Richardson. Logan Hinton was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Irmo faced Dutch Fork in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. The Yellow Jackets took a 28-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Silver Foxes. The Yellow Jackets haven't had much luck with the Silver Foxes recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
The victory made it two in a row for Lugoff-Elgin and bumps their season record up to 6-5. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 31.5 points over those games. As for Irmo, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 9-1.
Lugoff-Elgin was dealt a bruising 49-0 defeat at the hands of Irmo when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can the Demons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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