After soaring to 41 points the game before, Statesboro was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They came up short against the Effingham County Rebels, falling 28-6. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Rebels recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Beckham Jarrard threw for 208 yards and a touchdown on only 19 passes.
Keon Childers was his top target, picking up 65 receiving yards and a touchdown. On the ground,
Jaylyn Heath rushed for 86 yards, and also picked up 43 receiving yards.
A big part of Effingham County's victory came down to the chemistry between Tucker Perkins and his top target Lamar Roberts. Perkins threw for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes while Roberts picked up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Roberts is becoming a predictor of Effingham County's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 2-4 when he doesn't).
Statesboro now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Effingham County, they pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Statesboro has already played their next game, a 31-8 defeat against Lakeside on the 8th. As for Effingham County, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on East Paulding at 7:30 p.m. on November 15th. Effingham County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season.
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