Football Preview: Lake Region Thunder vs. Lake Wales Highlanders
Lake Region hasn't had much luck against Lake Wales recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lake Region Thunder will square off against the Lake Wales Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lake Region is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 34-16 to Tenoroc.
Meanwhile, Lake Wales has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 12.4 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They fell just short of Seminole by a score of 41-38. While losing is never fun, the Highlanders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Seminoles are ranked 15th).
Despite the defeat, Lake Wales got top-tier performance from Brycen Levidiotis, who rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 223 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave Levidiotis a new career-high in rushing yards. Carldayle Brantley was Levidiotis' top target, picking up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lake Region's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lake Wales, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-1.
Lake Region was dealt a bruising 47-0 loss at the hands of Lake Wales in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Lake Region avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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