Football Preview: Fountain Lake Cobras vs. Malvern Leopards
The Fountain Lake Cobras will head out on the road to square off against the Malvern Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Fountain Lake will head into Friday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Genoa Central: Fountain Lake couldn't quite topple Genoa Central on Friday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the 24-point loss they took when the two last played. Fountain Lake breezed by Genoa Central on the road to the tune of 42-12. The high-scoring effort was just what the Cobras needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Meanwhile, Malvern put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Bauxite as Malvern made off with a 52-27 win. Considering the Leopards have won five contests by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jabori Jacobs and he. Jacobs rushed for 75 yards while he rushed for 75 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Malvern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in 18 consecutive games dating back to last season.
The victory snapped Fountain Lake's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-5 record. As for Malvern, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Fountain Lake was taken down by Malvern 56-22 when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Fountain Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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