St. Augustine defense solid again, downs Clay. What's next for Jackets?

Thursday night football at the soggy home of St. Augustine started with a fumble recovery off a punt snap.

>It continued with a strip-sack turned touchdown.

>It ended with St. Augustine swarming to the top of District 4-4A, with a 6-0 record, closing the door on Clay 37-13 in high school football on Sept. 24.

>The Yellow Jackets, who have kept stinging back for a month-plus in spite of injury setbacks, took command rapidly to roll, activating the running clock in a speedy, rain-soaked 1-hour, 49-minute contest.

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>A first-drive fumble recovery by Robert Haney and a scoop-and-score by Tray Campbell placed St. Augustine firmly in control of their district, with an extra week to rest before meeting Ridgeview, Orange Park and then Fleming Island.

>"We might not be as high on the [recruiting analysts'] star power as we've been," St. Augustine head coach Brian Braddock said, "but we've got a lot of good football players and a lot of really tough, hard-working kids. They've earned this bye week."

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