Football Preview: Lake Nona Lions vs. Vero Beach Indians
After each having a week off, the Lake Nona Lions and the Vero Beach Indians will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Lake Nona sitting on four straight victories and Vero Beach on six.
Lake Nona is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Innovation 44-0. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Bulls are ranked 463rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lake Nona can attribute much of their success to Malik Allen, who rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns, and Michael Dove, who threw for 207 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. Allen didn't just play on offense: he also made five total tackles and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, while Vero Beach put up plenty of points last Friday, the same can't be said for Palm Bay. Vero Beach breezed by Palm Bay to the tune of 49-0. That 49 point margin sets a new team best for the Indians this season.
It was another big night for Champ Monds, who threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt. The team also got some help courtesy of Efrem White, who picked up 96 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Vero Beach didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Latravious Woods and Trevin Phinizee.
Lake Nona pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.5 points per game. As for Vero Beach, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
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