Football Preview: Lakeland Hawks vs. Timberlake Tigers
Lakeland is 8-2 against Timberlake since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lakeland Hawks will head out to square off against the Timberlake Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Lakeland's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Thursday, when they got past Moscow's usually-dominant defense. Lakeland claimed a resounding 35-7 victory over Moscow on the road. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Kage (Lovie) Weil continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, Timberlake made easy work of St. Maries on Friday and carried off a 41-16 win. With the Tigers ahead 27-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Lakeland's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Timberlake, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-4.
Lakeland didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Timberlake in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 28-24 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeland 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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