The South Lake Eagles will face off against the Durant Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Lake is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Leesburg 52-21 last Friday. The win was nothing new for the Eagles as they're now sitting on five straight.
South Lake found their leader in sophomore Jesse Barker Jr., who picked up 3.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (5.0 for loss). What's more, Tre Kelly also racked up 61 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, everything went Durant's way against Bloomingdale on Thursday as Durant made off with a 27-3 victory. Considering the Cougars have won five matchups by more than 20 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Emmanuel Lee continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. He has become a key player for Durant: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Durant's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33 points. As for South Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
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