A victory for Orange Park just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against the Beachside Barracudas, falling 48-20. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 294th, while the Barracudas are ranked 76th).
Although Orange Park took the loss, they still got scores from Jack Rivera, Quinton Moore, and Brock Aflleje.
Orange Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Rivera and Zachariah Murphy.
A big part of Beachside's win came down to the chemistry between Eddie Jordan and his top target Maddox Hunstad. Jordan threw for 367 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per attempt while Hunstad picked up 176 receiving yards and five touchdowns.
Orange Park dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Beachside, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Orange Park will take on Clay at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Beachside, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Nease, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Nease will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Beachside surely won't give up without a fight.
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