Lejeune extended their losing streak (dating back to last season) to nine on Friday, dropping them down to 0-7. They had to suffer through a 49-13 loss at the hands of the East Carteret Mariners. The Devilpups lost against the Mariners in their previous head to head back in October of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was even wider than the 46-32 score last time.
Although Lejeune took the loss, they still got scores from Cameron McKinnis and Grady Mahaffey.
As for East Carteret, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 3-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing nine yards per carry in those games compared to only 3.53 in the others.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead East Carteret to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke McIntosh, who threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in one score on the ground. That's the most passing touchdowns McIntosh has posted since back in October of 2024. Jackson Greene did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 150 receiving yards.
Coming up, Lejeune will be playing at home against Jones at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Devilpups will be up against the Trojans' rather soft defense (which has allowed 46 points per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for East Carteret, they will head out on the road to face off against Northside - Pinetown at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Panthers' defense has only allowed 11.4 points per game this season, so the Mariners' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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