Royals take Lighthouse 49-14 on road

After falling behind on the road at Lighthouse Christian Friday night, Jay put up 29 unanswered points and rolled to a 49-14 victory.

After two weeks away from home, the Royals will return to Jay this Friday night for homecoming to take on Freeport.

On the opening kickoff, Lighthouse returned the kick 85 yards for a touchdown. A two-point conversion failed, but Lighthouse took the very early lead at 6-0 and held that lead at the end of the first quarter.

Jay got things rolling in the second quarter when Connor Roberts scored on a 1-yard run and Toby Mandell added the PAT to give the Royals a 7-6 lead.

Judd Smith followed that with a 1-yard touchdown run and Tucker Mandell caught a two-point pass to give Jay a 15-6 lead.

It was Smith again on a 4-yard touchdown run and Toby Mandell added the PAT and Jay took a 22-6 lead into the lockerroom at the half.

In the third quarter, Smith hit Kaden Roberson on a 37-yard touchdown pass and Toby Mandell's PAT gave Jay a 29-6 lead.

Lighthouse scored on an 11-yard run late in the third quarter and a successful two-point conversion sent the game into the fourth quarter with Jay leading 29-14.

Jay put the game away in the fourth quarter with 20 more points on the board.

It began when Smith hit Brenton Eister on a 15-yard touchdown pass. The two-point try failed, but the Royals had increased the lead to 35-14.

Roberts scored on a 1-yard run and Hunter Deese scored on a 5-yard run with Toby Mandell adding both PATs to make the final score 49-14.

Jay dominated the stats sheet with 24 first downs to Lighthouse's five. The Royals picked up 321 yards rushing and 99 yards passing for a total offensive effort of 420 yards. Lighthouse was held to 81 yards rushing and 31 yards passing for a total offensive effort of 112 yards.

Roberts led the rushing attack for Jay with 210 yards on 35 carries and two touchdowns. Eister had 88 yards on seven carries and Deese had 19 yards on six carries and a touchdown. Smith completed six of 10 passes for 99 yards and two touchdowns and also scored two touchdowns rushing.

 
 
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