Jaguars topple Blue Eagles, sweep their South Carolina foes

 

                The Jaguars did something they have not done in school history and that is beat two teams from South Carolina. Last week, they beat Nation Ford convincingly 48-28. This week, they took down Clover 42-22. That’s three in a row they took from the Blue Eagles after being down 7-1 in the overall series.

                Last week, John Crawford did much of his damage through the air with 197 yards passing. This week, he used his feet and amassed 135 yards rushing and only 92 yards passing. Moe Neal did most of the work with 185 yards rushing and five touchdowns to lead the Jaguars.

                After the Forestview defense stopped Clover on their first drive, the Jaguar offense went to work. Neal scored his first touchdown on an 80-yard burst into the end-zone. Clover would answer that score in the second quarter with a 52-yard touchdown run by Cody Payne. Clover then scored on a two-point conversion to take the 8-7 lead.

                However, Forestview took the lead back toward the end of the first half with a Neal 12-yard run. Neal also scored on a two-point conversion. Things continued to go right for Forestview in the second half. Neal scored on touchdown runs of three and two yards and Trey Heavner’s extra points gave the Jaguars a 29-8 advantage.

                The Blue Eagles would simply not go away. They chipped away at the Jaguar lead with a four-yard touchdown run by R.J. Moore. The two-point conversion failed however. But the Jaguars and Moe Neal shut the door on any Clover comeback hopes in the fourth quarter. This time he took it in from 52 yards to make it 36-14.

                Clover quarterback Noah Lindsey got Clover within two scores again with a two-yard touchdown run with less than five minutes to go. But once again, the Jaguars would not let the Eagles any closer. Set up by a Crawford 36-yard pass to Caleb Mills, Forestview would find the end-zone one more time. This time, it was back-up running-back Maurice Brice with an eight-yard run. The extra point failed though, but it would not matter.

                The Jaguars will be home again as they host Kings Mountain, a 43-15 winner over East Gaston. Clover will host Westwood.