Football Preview: Alexandria City Titans vs. Lake Braddock Bruins
Alexandria City is 0-7 against Lake Braddock since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Alexandria City Titans have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Lake Braddock Bruins at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Alexandria City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by South County 25-24.
Meanwhile, Lake Braddock entered their tilt with Woodson last Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Cavaliers, posting a 55-14 victory on the road. Considering the Bruins have won three games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lake Braddock to victory, but perhaps none more so than Payton Holmes, who rushed for 116 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. Lake Braddock is undefeated when Holmes posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Suris, who threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lake Braddock was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Alexandria City has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Lake Braddock, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Alexandria City was dealt a bruising 52-14 loss at the hands of Lake Braddock when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Alexandria City, Jeremiah Brown (who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only five carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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