Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clearwater). They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat the River Ridge Royal Knights 49-6 at home. Considering the Tornadoes have won five contests by more than 19 points this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Jaylen White continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 230 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. Javeyon McKenzie was White's top target, picking up 160 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Clearwater didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wayne Cunningham and Jayeon Jackson.
Clearwater pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for River Ridge, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2.
Clearwater will head out on the road to take on Countryside at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Clearwater is facing Countryside at the right time seeing as Countryside is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for River Ridge, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Gulf at 7:30 p.m. Gulf is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.7 points per game this season.
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