Football Preview: Wilson Prep Tigers vs. Lakewood Leopards
The Wilson Prep Tigers will challenge the Lakewood Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wilson Prep comes in on nine and Lakewood on five.
Wilson Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by North Moore to the tune of 56-22. Considering the Tigers have won ten matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Travon Usher continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 141 yards and two touchdowns on only nine passes. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 112 rushing yards.
Wilson Prep's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. In that department, Jordan Hamm was the leader with two sacks. Another thorn in North Moore's side was Reginald Holmes, who picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Wilson Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 278 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
North Duplin typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Lakewood proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 26-20 win over the Rebels.
Wilson Prep pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.1 points. As for Lakewood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
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