After each having a week off, the Jones Trojans and the Community Christian Cyclones will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Jones is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Arendell Parrott Academy, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Jones was ranked 13th). Jones had to suffer through a 57-7 loss at the hands of Arendell Parrott Academy. That makes it the first time this season the Trojans have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, a win for Community Christian just wasn't in the cards last Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Pungo Christian Academy, falling 52-26.
Jones is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5. As for Community Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
Jones was dealt a bruising 43-13 defeat at the hands of Community Christian in their previous meeting on October 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Community Christian's Stephen Edwards, who rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Jones knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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