Jacksonville and New Bern are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Jacksonville Cardinals will take on the New Bern Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Last Friday, Jacksonville was fully in charge, breezing past J.H. Rose 53-20 at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cardinals had established a 32 point advantage.
Demon June went supernova for Jacksonville, rushing for 196 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also catching a touchdown. June's longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Amare Dorsey was another key player, rushing for 67 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jacksonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 372 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Jacksonville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Harlem Williams and Jackson Henry.
Meanwhile, New Bern was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They pulled ahead with a 28-27 photo finish over Havelock.
Jacksonville pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for New Bern, their record is now 4-1.
Everything went Jacksonville's way against New Bern in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Jacksonville made off with a 41-18 win. In that match, Jacksonville amassed a halftime lead of 24-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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