The DeLand Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Lake Mary Rams at 7:00 p.m. DeLand will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
DeLand is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell to Flagler Palm Coast 62-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), DeLand still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, DeLand got top-tier performance from Marceles Carey, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Those 161 rushing yards gave Carey a new career-high.
Even though they lost, DeLand was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 418 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lake Mary had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six last Friday. They took down the Hornets 34-16.
Lake Mary's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Noah Grubbs led the charge by throwing for 243 yards and a touchdown, while also punching in two rushing scores. Isaiah Thomas helped Grubbs out on the ground, rushing for 130 yards and a touchdown.
Lake Mary didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aireese Martin and Brad Billups.
Lake Mary's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.7 points per game. As for DeLand, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season.
DeLand suffered a grim 44-20 defeat to Lake Mary when the teams last played back in October of 2021. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point DeLand was down 27-7.
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