Preview: Long Reach Lightning vs. Great Mills Hornets
Long Reach has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on The Great Mills Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, Long Reach was able to grind out a solid win over Wilde Lake, taking the game 27-14.
The critical scores for Long Reach came from Jayden Thompson, Chase Hopkins, and Matthew Brown.
Long Reach's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Leading the way was Jahir Hoilett and his two sacks.
Meanwhile, Great Mills put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Lackey 40-13 on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Great Mills.
Great Mills can attribute much of their success to Donovan Bryan, who rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown, and Jameson Dyson, who threw for 146 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
Long Reach has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Great Mills, they now have a winning record of 5-4.