The Lincoln Trojans will take on the Niceville Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Lincoln sitting on four straight wins and Niceville on five.
Lincoln is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 16-13 victory over Fleming Island.
Tadarius Huggins went supernova for Lincoln, rushing for 143 yards while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown. Those 143 rushing yards gave Huggins a new career-high.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Niceville ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Ponte Vedra 21-20. The 21-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Lincoln pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 22.8 points. As for Niceville, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
Lincoln couldn't quite finish off Niceville when the teams last played back in October and fell 38-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Niceville's Johnny Lewis Jr, who rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Now that Lincoln knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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