The Jay County Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Bellmont Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Jay County and 19 for Bellmont dating back to last season.
Jay County will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They came up short against Heritage, falling 35-13. While losing is never fun, Jay County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 221st, while Heritage is ranked 94th).
Although Jay County took the loss, they still got scores from Rhysin Blowers and Benson Ward.
Jay County wouldn't let Heritage keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jay County can thank Aiden Phillips and Lucas Strait for forcing both of them. Strait also forced afumble, which is notable because Jay County is 2-1 when he posts at least one forced fumble, but 0-6 otherwise.
Meanwhile, a victory for Bellmont just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 75-7 loss at the hands of East Noble. The Braves were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 62-0.
Jay County's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Bellmont, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
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