Football Preview: Lafayette County Cougars vs. Spring Hill Bears
The Lafayette County Cougars will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Spring Hill Bears at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Lafayette County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Gurdon by a score of 39-36 on Friday. The Cougars gained 104 more yards on the day, but it was the Go-Devils that made the best use of them.
Lafayette County might have lost, but man, Rodrevious Bailey was a machine: he rushed for 229 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards. Bailey's longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Even though they lost, Lafayette County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 335 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Spring Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 42-14 loss at the hands of Dierks. That makes it the first time this season the Bears have let down their home crowd.
Lafayette County now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Spring Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything came up roses for Lafayette County against Spring Hill in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, as the team secured a 42-12 win. Does Lafayette County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Spring Hill turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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