Football Preview: Lightridge Bolts vs. Potomac Falls Panthers
After two games on the road, Lightridge is heading back home. They will welcome the Potomac Falls Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lightridge will be strutting in after a victory while Potomac Falls will be coming in after a loss.
Lightridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped last Thursday as they easily beat Riverside 42-7. The Bolts pushed the score to 28-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Ram had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of Lightridge's win came down to the chemistry between Brady White and his top target Wade Lechner. White threw for 353 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 16.0 yards per attempt while Lechner picked up 184 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Lechner was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 65 yards. A healthy portion of White's aerial production (94 yards to be exact) also went to Al Honesty, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Potomac Falls was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 23-6 bruising from Independence. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the are ranked 57th).
Potomac Falls' loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Lightridge, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-6.
Lightridge beat Potomac Falls 28-19 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Will Lightridge repeat their success, or does Potomac Falls have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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