Football Preview: Silver Lake Mustangs vs. Ansley/Litchfield Spartans
The Silver Lake Mustangs will challenge the Ansley/Litchfield Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Silver Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.2 points per game this season.
Silver Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Harvard 63-26. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 20 points or more this season.
Lane Conway continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while also picking up 42 receiving yards and a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Silver Lake's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Jaxon Tenbensel was another key player, gaining 83 total yards and two touchdowns.
Silver Lake didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Xander Journey and Paxton Sorensen.
Meanwhile, Ansley/Litchfield unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 53-21 loss at the hands of Stuart.
Silver Lake is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Ansley/Litchfield, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Everything went Silver Lake's way against Ansley/Litchfield when the teams last played back in September, as Silver Lake made off with a 34-14 victory. Does Silver Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ansley/Litchfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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