Football Preview: Lake Placid Dragons vs. Avon Park Red Devils
The Lake Placid Dragons will take on the Avon Park Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lake Placid is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.5 points per game this season.
Lake Placid will bounce into Friday's contest after beating DeSoto County, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Lake Placid was the clear victor by a 54-29 margin over DeSoto County on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 27-7.
Lake Placid didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Dj Bullard, Brycen Meyers, and Monterrius Williams picked up one apiece. The dominant performance also gave Williams a new career-high in rushing yards. Another thorn in DeSoto County's side was Timothy Hobbs, who picked up 2.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lake Placid was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 525 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Avon Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 13-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Discovery.
Lake Placid's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-3. As for Avon Park, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Lake Placid strolled past Avon Park when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 23-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Placid since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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