Football Preview: Tidehaven Tigers vs. Lexington Eagles
The Tidehaven Tigers will venture away from home to take on the Lexington Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Tidehaven is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 42-20 margin over Van Vleck. Winning may never get old, but the Tigers sure are getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
Meanwhile, Lexington's offense rose to the challenge against a Pirates defense that boasted an average of only 11.54 points allowed on Friday. Lexington put the hurt on Poth with a sharp 50-27 victory. The Eagles pushed the score to 47-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates cut but never quite recovered from.
Noah Wright-Harris continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Those 228 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Cade Patschke was another key pass catcher, picking up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lexington didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Lincoln Bryan and Brock Herring.
The win (which was Lexington's fifth in a row) raised their record to 12-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Tidehaven, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2.
Tidehaven ended up a good deal behind Lexington in their previous meeting back in December of 2017, losing 58-39. Thankfully for Tidehaven, Ja'Kobe(Speedy) Cooper (who rushed for 306 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 30 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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