The Central Noble Cougars will challenge the Lakeland Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Noble will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Central Noble was just a hair shy of victory and fell 12-11 to Fremont.
Brody Morgan put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lakeland, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They walked away with a 19-6 win over Angola last Friday. The 19-point effort marked the Lakers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Lakeland came from Carson Mickem, Levi Cook, and Cook.
Lakeland wouldn't let Angola keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lakeland can thank Drannon Miller and Cook for forcing both of them.
Central Noble's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lakeland, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Central Noble was dealt a bruising 49-6 defeat at the hands of Lakeland in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central Noble was down 35-6.
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