Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Stephens County). Everything went their way against the East Jackson Eagles on Friday as the Stephens County Indians made off with a 55-31 win. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won three contests by 24 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Javin Gordon, who rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns.
Stephens County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Lavontae Brown, Morris Perkins, Duke Collins, and Jonah Swinton picked up one apiece. Swinton also hauled in two receiving touchdowns, which is notable because Stephens County is undefeated when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 2-4 otherwise.
The victory made it two in a row for Stephens County and bumps their season record up to 6-4. As for East Jackson, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-6.
After each having a week off, Stephens County and North Murray will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on November 15th. Stephens County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.4 points per game this season. As for East Jackson, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Morgan County at 7:30 p.m. on November 15th.
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