Football Preview: Lake Braddock Bruins vs. West Springfield Spartans
Lake Braddock is 9-1 against West Springfield since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lake Braddock Bruins will look to defend their home field against the West Springfield Spartans at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
West Springfield is hoping to do what Alexandria City couldn't on Friday: put an end to Lake Braddock's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Lake Braddock claimed a resounding 41-13 win over Alexandria City on the road. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
Lake Braddock's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Michael Suris, who threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.6% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Jt Bordeaux, who rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Springfield). They breezed by West Potomac at home to the tune of 42-12 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Spartans have posted since November 3, 2023.
Mark-Anthony Whyte continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 143 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and also picking up 76 receiving yards and a touchdown. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 76 yards. Another player making a difference was Scott Lewis, who threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Springfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 66.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 254.
Lake Braddock's victory bumped their record up to 5-2. As for West Springfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season.
Lake Braddock strolled past West Springfield in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 by a score of 38-21. Does Lake Braddock have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Springfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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