The Smithfield-Selma Spartans are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they challenge the Jordan Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Smithfield-Selma is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game dating back to last season last Friday. They fell 26-13 to Westover.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Jordan over Heritage in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Jordan blew Heritage out of the water with a 44-0 final score. The Falcons pushed the score to 31-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies had no chance of recovering from.
Amareon Blue went supernova for Jordan, rushing for 163 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Melton, who threw for 195 yards and a touchdown on only 15 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Jordan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Jordan's defense and their four sacks. Heritage's QB won't forget Xavier Perkins anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
Smithfield-Selma's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Jordan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
Smithfield-Selma was dealt a bruising 56-14 defeat at the hands of Jordan in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blue, who rushed for 86 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Now that Smithfield-Selma 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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