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By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 12:46am

Football Preview: Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions vs. Ransom Everglades Raiders

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The Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions will square off against the Ransom Everglades Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Immaculata-La Salle's defense has only allowed 14 points per game this season, so Ransom Everglades' offense will have their work cut out for them.

Immaculata-La Salle's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Booker T. Washington offense got past them. Immaculata-La Salle lost to Booker T. Washington on the road by a 35-20 margin last Thursday. The loss was the Royal Lions' first of the season.

Taylor Trauth put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes.

Meanwhile, Ransom Everglades put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Pine Crest 37-7 at home.

Ransom Everglades found their leader in underclassman Neimann Lawrence, who threw for 252 yards and five touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Lawrence now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Ransom Everglades also got help from Rauli Matos, who showed off his sure hands for 112 receiving yards.

Having lost for the first time this season, Immaculata-La Salle fell to 3-1. As for Ransom Everglades, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.

Immaculata-La Salle skirted past Ransom Everglades 23-21 when the teams last played back in November of 2016. Will Immaculata-La Salle repeat their success, or does Ransom Everglades have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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