Football Preview: Lake Wales Highlanders vs. Osceola Kowboys
Lake Wales has won nine straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Osceola has won nine straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Lake Wales Highlanders will host the Osceola Kowboys at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Lake Wales: 13.3, Osceola: 12.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
Lake Wales' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Jones offense got past them. Lake Wales took a 31-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jones on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Fightin' Tigers are ranked 16th).
Lake Wales might have lost, but man, Brycen Levidiotis was a machine: he threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Kaneilius Purdy, who picked up 104 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Osceola earned a 14-6 victory over Apopka on Friday.
Taevion Swint was his usual excellent self, rushing for 179 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 106.8 rushing yards per game.
Osceola was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Lake Wales' defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Osceola, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Lake Wales has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 176.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Osceola struggles in that department as they've been averaging 254.1. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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