Football Preview: Argyle Eagles vs. Lovejoy Leopards
The Argyle Eagles will face off against the Lovejoy Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Argyle will be looking to extend their current 12-game winning streak.
Argyle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Walnut Grove 52-35. The Eagles pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Watson Bell and Cameron Newton. Bell had a great game and rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Newton was balling out in the loss, rushing for 94 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 34 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Lovejoy posted their closest win since October 4th on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Anna 52-49. The win was nothing new for the Leopards as they're now sitting on five straight.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lovejoy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ben Adams, who rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Richard Janecek, who rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Lovejoy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Aston Whiteside, Andy Turnbow, and Brock Bernal picked up one apiece. Whiteside also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12. Lovejoy got some further help from Owen Magee: he picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles.
Argyle's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 46.4 points per game. As for Lovejoy, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
Argyle took a serious blow against Lovejoy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 42-14. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Argyle was down 35-0.
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