Pine Forest was the 56-34 winner over Overhills when they last played one another back in October of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Pine Forest Trojans fell 41-34 to the Overhills Jaguars on Friday. While the Trojans had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Jaguars 21-14.
Although Pine Forest took the loss, they still got scores from Jamari Jones, Jaidon Moore, Ja'Lynn Thomas, Jeremiah Moore, and Latrell Carter.
Even though they lost, Pine Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Overhills only rushed for 128.
Even if they lost, Pine Forest's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Kamari Lofton was especially locked on to Overhills' QB and sacked him twice. Lofton is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played.
A big part of Overhills' win came down to the chemistry between Jordan Bryant and his top target Ryyan Coley. Bryant threw for 451 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt while Coley picked up 260 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Coley is becoming a predictor of Overhills' success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't).
This is the second loss in a row for Pine Forest and nudges their season record down to 5-5. As for Overhills, the victory also got them back to even at 5-5.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. After each having a week off, Pine Forest and Apex Friendship will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on November 15th. Apex Friendship is coming into the game with five straight wins at home, so Pine Forest will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Overhills, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Hillside at 7:00 p.m. on November 15th. Overhills will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
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