Football Preview: Kingstree Blazers vs. Lake City Panthers
Kingstree hasn't had much luck against Lake City recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Kingstree Blazers are taking a road trip to challenge the Lake City Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Lake City took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Kingstree, who comes in off a win.
Kingstree is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Marion 52-16 at home on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Blazers considering their six-point performance the contest before.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Kingstree was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 388 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Kingstree's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Bj Washington was especially locked on to Marion's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Lake City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 28-12 bruising from East Clarendon.
Kingstree's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-4. As for Lake City, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 1-4.
Kingstree came up short against Lake City in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 13-0. Can Kingstree avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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