Football Preview: Lakeside Panthers vs. South Aiken Thoroughbreds
The Lakeside Panthers will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the South Aiken Thoroughbreds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Lakeside is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Grovetown. Lakeside strolled past Grovetown with points to spare last Friday, taking the game 30-12.
Lakeside had a senior duo take command as Ty Jones rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry and Brandon Grissom rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, South Aiken took care of business in their home opener on Friday. They took down Silver Bluff 35-18.
Jevon Edwards went supernova for South Aiken, rushing for 303 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Edwards was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 57 yards.
South Aiken didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kris Lee and Jordan Williams. Another thorn in Silver Bluff's side was Tyson Braxton, who picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Lakeside strolled past South Aiken in their previous matchup back in August of 2019 by a score of 35-21. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was South Aiken's E.J. Hickson, who threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Lakeside to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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