Football Preview: Lake Highland Prep Highlanders vs. Orangewood Christian Rams
The Lake Highland Prep Highlanders will challenge the Orangewood Christian Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lake Highland Prep will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 27-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Foundation Academy last Friday. Lake Highland Prep sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 23-21 win over Foundation Academy.
Landon Towns was a one-man wrecking crew for Lake Highland Prep as he rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 40 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Lake Highland Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Foundation Academy only rushed for 142.
Lake Highland Prep wouldn't let Foundation Academy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lake Highland Prep can thank Liam Tobin and Ethan Dickinson for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Orangewood Christian). They claimed a resounding 38-7 victory over Windermere Prep at home. With the Rams ahead 38-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Orangewood Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Tre Roach, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and Tyson Bowie, who rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown. Roach got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 52 yards.
The win got Lake Highland Prep back to even at 1-1. As for Orangewood Christian, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.
Lake Highland Prep was able to grind out a solid win over Orangewood Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 13-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Highland Prep 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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