Football Preview: Louisa County Lions vs. Orange County Fighting Hornets
Louisa County is 10-0 against Orange County since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Louisa County Lions will venture away from home to take on the Orange County Fighting Hornets at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Orange County is hoping to do what Monticello couldn't on Friday: put an end to Louisa County's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Louisa County took their game at home with ease, bagging a 45-6 victory over Monticello. The Lions pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Orange County entered their tilt with Western Albemarle on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They breezed by the Warriors at home to the tune of 42-8. The Fighting Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 23 points or more this season.
Louisa County now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Orange County, their win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-1.
Louisa County was able to grind out a solid victory over Orange County in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 35-22. The rematch might be a little tougher for Louisa County since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
