Football Game Recap: Florence vs. Lanier

After flying high against Richland last week, Lanier came back down to earth. Lanier ended up on the wrong side of a painful 26-51 walloping at Florence's hands.

Lanier got a solid performance out of senior Cornelius Scott IV, who rushed for 108 yards and 1 touchdown on 5 carries; unfortunately, it just wasn't enough for the win. On the defensive end, senior Shamar Gorden was a one-man blockade for them with four sacks and 17 tackles.

Florence's success was spearheaded by the efforts of junior Ian Vaughn, who passed for 273 yards and 3 touchdowns, and junior Reed Barlow, who caught 5passes for 166 yards and 2 touchdowns. That makes it 11 straight good games in a row from Vaughn. The match pushed Lanier down to 7-4 and pulled Florence up to the reverse at 4-7.

After their clash against one another, the teams are taking a break from conference action in their upcoming games. Lanier will square off against Poplarville at 7:00 PM next week. Poplarville are cruising in on a nine-game winning streak. As for Florence, they will go up against Lawrence County. Florence will be strutting in after a victory while Lawrence County will be stumbling in from a loss.

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