Football Preview: Lakewood Leopards vs. Wilson Prep Tigers
The Lakewood Leopards will venture away from home to face off against the Wilson Prep Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lakewood comes in on five and Wilson Prep on nine.
Lakewood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past North Duplin with a 26-20 win.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wilson Prep). They really took it to North Moore for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-22 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by 20 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Travon Usher, who rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw 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.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wilson Prep's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Jordan Hamm was the leader with two. 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.
Wilson Prep's win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.4 points per game. As for Lakewood, they are on a roll lately: 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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