It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact J.L. Mann can now relate to. They lost 35-9 to the Spartanburg Vikings on Friday. The Patriots were red-hot offensively headed into the match (they scored no less than 31 points in the six contests prior) but the Vikings' defense proved too tough.
Trip Bryant threw for 150 yards on 13 of 23 attempts.
Keyshun Henderson was his top target, picking up 86 receiving yards. On the ground,
Na'Cyus Morrison rushed for 65 yards on only eight carries.
With the defeat, J.L. Mann broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 10-3. As for Spartanburg, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2.
J.L. Mann does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Spartanburg, they will square off against Dutch Fork at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Dutch Fork: 6.6, Spartanburg: 14.7) so any points scored will be well earned.
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