The Slaughter Community Charter Knights will square off against the LaGrange Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Slaughter Community Charter will be strutting in after a victory while LaGrange will be coming in after a loss.
Slaughter Community Charter is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home last Friday. They snuck past Varnado with a 12-6 win.
Among those leading the charge was Ty Ford, who rushed for 117 yards on only 15 carries, and also threw for 71 yards and two touchdowns. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Slaughter Community Charter also got a significant boost from Carson Baxter, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Slaughter Community Charter was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Slaughter Community Charter's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Kaden Oakley and Jayden Lavespere who racked up four sacks between them. Lavespere is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last ten games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, LaGrange was beaten by Westlake 56-14 on Saturday. The Gators were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-6.
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