The Yulee Hornets are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they take on the Clay Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Yulee is leaving town to face Clay after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Yulee and Union County were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Yulee suffered a 14-13 loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Preston Matricardi, who rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 103 yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) went to Tj Williamson, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Yulee wouldn't let Union County keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Yulee can thank Braelyn Jones and Joe Almonord for forcing all of them. Another thorn in Union County's side was Amauri Goff, who made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Clay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 30-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fleming Island. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 116th).
Despite the loss, Clay saw an underclassman step up: Daylen Brown picked up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even if they lost, Clay's defense still kept up the pressure with 8.5 sacks. Dominic Swilley was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Clay got some further help from Javaris Roberts: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles.
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