Football Preview: Surrattsville Hornets vs. Largo Lions
The Surrattsville Hornets will square off against the Largo Lions at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Surrattsville hasn't scored more than 12 points for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Surrattsville will head into Saturday'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 Saturday. They were outmatched by Gwynn Park at home and fell 48-0. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 95th).
Meanwhile, Largo had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They secured a 30-26 W over the Patriots.
Tymond Foxx was his usual excellent self, rushing for 238 yards and four touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Largo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Friendly only rushed for 105.
Surrattsville now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Largo, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Surrattsville took a serious blow against Largo in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 36-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Foxx, who rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per carry. Now that Surrattsville 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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