The Stephens County Indians will head out on the road to take on the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Stephens County focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, Stephens County strolled past Elbert County with points to spare, taking the game 38-21. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Stephens County can attribute much of their success to Tripp Underwood, who threw for 315 yards and five touchdowns. Stephens County also got a significant boost from Javin Gordon, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Stephens County was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 429 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Stephens County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jonah Swinton and Duke Collins. Stephens County got some further help from Jakob Lunsford: he picked up a sack and made 15 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals fell victim to Monroe Area and their airtight defense on Friday. They were outmatched by the Purple Hurricanes on the road and fell 38-0. The Jaguars haven't had much luck with the Purple Hurricanes recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The win made it two in a row for Stephens County and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Cedar Shoals, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Stephens County was taken down by Cedar Shoals 36-7 in their previous matchup back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Stephens County, Jaylan Rusher (who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 106 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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