Football Preview: Lake Hornets vs. Newton Tigers
Lake has gone 8-2 against Newton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Lake Hornets will head out to challenge the Newton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Lake will be strutting in after a victory while Newton will be coming in after a loss.
Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Clarkdale 46-12 at home on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Newton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Mize at home and fell 49-12. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 87th).
Lake's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-4. As for Newton, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Lake was able to grind out a solid win over Newton in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 24-12. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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