Cedar Shoals fell victim to Monroe Area and their airtight defense on Friday. They were beaten by the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Purple Hurricanes are ranked 123rd).
Keelin Mclendon threw for 100 yards on ten of 25 attempts.
Tybias Marques Lay was his top target, picking up 44 receiving yards.
Monroe Area was led to victory by Forrest Ross and Jitt Carr. Ross rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, while Carr rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
Cedar Shoals' defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Monroe Area, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Cedar Shoals will host Stephens County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Stephens County focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday. As for Monroe Area, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Apalachee at 7:30 p.m. on September 6th.
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