South Lakes has gone 9-1 against Herndon recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The South Lakes Seahawks will look to defend their home field against the Herndon Hornets at 1:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
South Lakes is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Mount Vernon: they outscored them in every quarter. South Lakes was the clear victor by a 40-14 margin over Mount Vernon on Friday. The Seahawks pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Majors had little chance of recovering from.
Cody Wood continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Nick Picarelli, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, while Herndon put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Wakefield. Herndon put the hurt on Wakefield with a sharp 21-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
The win got South Lakes back to even at 2-2. As for Herndon, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Everything came up roses for South Lakes against Herndon when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 35-7 win. Will South Lakes repeat their success, or does Herndon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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