The Howard Wildcats will challenge the Lake Forest Spartans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lake Forest is hoping to do what Tower Hill couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Howard's winning streak, which now stands at seven games. Howard simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Tower Hill 44-0. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wildcats had established a 22 point advantage.
Howard can attribute much of their success to Isaiah Harrison, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Howard 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 169 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Howard didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Suhayl Benson, Derrick Smith, and Na'Im Pryor picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Lake Forest had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Buccaneers 49-14. With that victory, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 26.2 points per game.
Lake Forest can attribute much of their success to Ayden Young, who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and Jack Parson, who rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Parson has posted since back in September.
Lake Forest's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. Milford's QB won't forget Young anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Young also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Lake Forest is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise.
Howard pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.7 points per game. As for Lake Forest, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Saturday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Howard has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 213.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Lake Forest struggles in that department as they've been averaging 248. It's looking like Saturday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Howard didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Lake Forest when the teams last played back in September, but they still walked away with an 18-12 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Parson, who rushed for 31 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Howard still be able to contain Parson? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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