South Jones won against Florence last Friday with 23 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. The South Jones Braves strolled past the North Pike Jaguars with points to spare, taking the game 23-8. That's more bragging rights for the Braves, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Despite the loss, North Pike still got an impressive performance from Jakevious Smith, who rushed for 111 yards on only 12 carries, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards Smith has posted since back in September of 2023. North Pike also got help from Devin Montgomery, who showed off his sure hands for 101 receiving yards.
South Jones has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.1 points per game. As for North Pike, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.
South Jones will challenge Wayne County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. North Pike does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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