The Leake County Gators will be playing at home against the Taylorsville Tartars at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Taylorsville is hoping to do what Stringer couldn't on Friday: put an end to Leake County's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Leake County breezed by Stringer to the tune of 44-8. The Gators might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 20 points or more this season.
Leake County found their leader in sophomore Mashawn Leflore, who rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Leflore has become a key player for Leake County: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Zechariah Washington, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Leake County wouldn't let Stringer keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Kadarius Bufkin, Jacodi Boler, D?Angelo Harris, and Zentavious Johnson picked up one apiece. Boler is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last seven games he's played. Another thorn in Stringer's side was Titus Fortune, who made 15 total tackles.
Leake County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 227 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Taylorsville). They claimed a resounding 55-0 victory over Mount Olive. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Tartars have posted since November 3, 2023.
Leake County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Taylorsville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-5.
Leake County took a serious blow against Taylorsville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 63-8. Thankfully for Leake County, Cobey Craft (who rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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