Football Recap: Stratford Snaps Four-Game Streak of Wins at Home

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Stratford couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the James Island Trojans by a score of 45-42 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (40), the Knights still had to take the loss.

Meliq McGowan

Rushing Yards

11/21/25 vs James Island	236
11/14/25 vs River Bluff	258
10/30/25 @ Goose Creek	110
10/24/25 @ Wando	100
10/17/25 vs Cane Bay	212
+ 2 more games

Stratford lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Meliq McGowan, who rushed for 236 yards and two scores while picking up 11.2 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 100 rushing yards. Jachin Davis also deserves a shout-out for his two touchdowns.

Connor Dantzler continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for James Island, throwing for 433 yards and four TDs while picking up 14.0 yards per attempt, and also punching in one score on the ground. Those 433 passing yards gave Dantzler a new career-high. Sam Crumpton also helped out as he racked up 167 receiving yards.

Stratford's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-2. As for James Island, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 12-1.

Stratford does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for James Island, they have already played their next game, a 45-16 loss against Summerville on the 28th.