The Aiken Fighting Green Hornets are taking a road trip to take on the Lugoff-Elgin Demons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Aiken is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They had to suffer through a 45-0 loss at the hands of Hilton Head Island.
Meanwhile, Lugoff-Elgin didn't have too much trouble with Darlington on the road on Friday as they won 35-18.
Jar'Kese Grant had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 210 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 87 yards. Lugoff-Elgin also got help from Shamil Saadiq, who showed off his sure hands for 138 receiving yards.
Lugoff-Elgin's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Justin Miller, Preston Rhodes, and Logan Hinton picked up one apiece. Rhodes is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made 12 or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Lugoff-Elgin got some further help from David Miller: he made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defended two passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lugoff-Elgin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Aiken's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Lugoff-Elgin, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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