It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Fleming Island can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lincoln Trojans by a score of 16-13 on Friday. The match marked the Golden Eagles' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Fleming Island had strong showings from Cibastian Broughton, who rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and Demhir Jackson, who rushed for 78 yards.
Fleming Island wouldn't let Lincoln keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Sebastian Cruz, Jarius Rodgers, and Tacori Allen picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Allen is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game. Fleming Island got some further help from Aj Whitt: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles.
Even though they lost, Fleming Island was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 182 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Tadarius Huggins went supernova for Lincoln, rushing for 143 yards while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. Those 143 rushing yards gave Huggins a new career-high.
Fleming Island moved to 8-4 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak. As for Lincoln, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Fleming Island does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincoln, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 31-10 defeat against Niceville on the 29th.
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