Football Preview: Lakeland Lakers vs. Angola Hornets
Lakeland is 2-8 against Angola since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lakeland Lakers will be playing at home against the Angola Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Lakeland focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Lakeland is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Garrett just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a hard 41-27 fall against the Railroaders. The loss was the Lakers' first of the season.
Even if they lost, Lakeland's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In that department, Levi Cook was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 38 points the game before, Angola was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They came up short against West Noble, falling 35-10. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Chargers are ranked 46th).
Having lost for the first time this season, Lakeland fell to 3-1. As for Angola, their defeat was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3.
Lakeland won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, slipping by Angola 38-37. Does Lakeland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Angola turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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