Prairie Heights hasn't had much luck against Lakeland recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Prairie Heights Panthers will take on the Lakeland Lakers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Prairie Heights' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Bronson with a sharp 24-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
The critical scores for Prairie Heights came from Kiegen Tschanenn, Jordan Klumpp, and Brody Hagwood.
Meanwhile, Lakeland didn't have done well against Churubusco recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Lakeland's way against Churubusco as Lakeland made off with a 33-8 win. Given the Lakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Eagles are ranked 250th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Brayden Holbrook and his top target Keyan Arroyo. Holbrook threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns while Arroyo picked up 153 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Arroyo was no stranger to the big play, cutting upfield for a catch that went for 54 yards.
Prairie Heights' win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Lakeland, their record now sits at 2-0.
Prairie Heights took a serious blow against Lakeland in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 69-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Prairie Heights was down 62-6.
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