Football Preview: South Lakes Seahawks vs. Herndon Hornets
South Lakes is 9-1 against Herndon since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The South Lakes Seahawks will welcome the Herndon Hornets at 1:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
South Lakes is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Mount Vernon: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went South Lakes' way against Mount Vernon on Friday as South Lakes made off with a 40-14 victory. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Seahawks had established a 23 point advantage.
Cody Wood continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Nick Picarelli, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, while Herndon put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Wakefield. Herndon put the hurt on Wakefield with a sharp 21-0 win. Considering the Hornets have won three contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory got South Lakes back to even at 2-2. As for Herndon, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Everything came up roses for South Lakes against Herndon in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 35-7 victory. Will South Lakes repeat their success, or does Herndon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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