J.L. Mann hasn't had much luck against Greenville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The J.L. Mann Patriots will be playing at home against the Greenville Red Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
J.L. Mann is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Easley: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that J.L. Mann blew Easley out of the water with a 55-6 final score. With the Patriots ahead 34-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Ladainnian Martin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 180 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Mcleod Darnell, who threw for 220 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, J.L. Mann was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 230 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
J.L. Mann's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Riggs Manning and Ramani Bruton.
Meanwhile, Greenville came into Friday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They snuck past Woodmont with a 35-31 victory on Friday.
The win made it two in a row for J.L. Mann and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Greenville, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
J.L. Mann couldn't quite finish off Greenville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 21-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Greenville's Kylar Zimmerman, who rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Now that J.L. Mann knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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