Union County and Clinton are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Union County Yellowjackets will venture away from home to square off against the Clinton Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Union County will head into Friday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They had to suffer through a 54-12 loss at the hands of Chester. The Yellowjackets were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 38-0.
Despite the loss, Union County got top-tier performance from Jakevious Jennings, who rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Jennings a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Clinton's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They came up short against Daniel, falling 37-12. The matchup marked the Red Devils' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Although Clinton took the loss, they still got scores from Kason Copeland and Rhett Gilliam.
Union County dropped their record down to 1-4 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Clinton, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Union County might still be hurting after the 51-28 defeat they got from Clinton in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Clinton's Tushawan Richardson, who threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes, and also rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown. Now that Union County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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