Football Recap: Lake Placid Piles Up the Points Against Desoto County + How To Watch

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Previous 5 Games

10/17/25 - Home	42-0 W
10/18/24 - Away	54-29 W
08/30/19 - Home	21-28 L
10/05/18 - Home	8-16 L
10/06/17 - Away	12-22 L

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Gateway, Lake Placid was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 42-0 win over the DeSoto County Bulldogs. The game marked the Dragons' most dominant victory of the season.

August Stivender had an outrageously good game as he threw for 162 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passer rating (156.3). Damarcus Brown helped Stivender out on the ground, picking up 38 receiving yards and one TD, while also rushing for 62 yards on only seven carries.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Lake Placid proved: they limited DeSoto County to a paltry 1.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Timothy Hobbs for the heroic effort on defense: he. Lake Placid's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 5.4.

Lake Placid didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jarion Halliburton, Zerrian Wyche, Damarion Bullard, and Khaden Cortes picked up one apiece.

Lake Placid moved to 3-4 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for DeSoto County, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-8.

Lake Placid didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 34-0 defeat against Avon Park on the 24th. As for DeSoto County, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 34-0 loss against Hardee on the 24th.