The Orange Park Raiders will head out to challenge the Beachside Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Orange Park is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Ponte Vedra on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Orange Park had to suffer through a 35-6 loss at the hands of Ponte Vedra. The Raiders have struggled against the Sharks recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Orange Park might have lost, but man, Quinton Moore was a machine: he rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and also threw for 105 yards on seven of 17 attempts. Moore's longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Orange Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jack Rivera and Daniel Richardson.
Meanwhile, Beachside's offense rose to the challenge against a Broncos defense that boasted an average of only 14.5 points allowed on Friday. Beachside put the hurt on Middleburg with a sharp 44-18 win. The Barracudas might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 26 points or more this season.
Eddie Jordan was his usual excellent self, rushing for 83 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Beachside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 83 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 175.7.
Orange Park's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Beachside, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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