The Lake Arthur Tigers will venture away from home to take on the Richwood Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Lake Arthur is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Notre Dame on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Tigers were beaten by the Pioneers 35-7. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Pioneers recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Richwood's offense. They were outmatched by Sterlington and fell 40-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Panthers are ranked 45th).
Having lost for the first time this season, Lake Arthur fell to 5-1. As for Richwood, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Lake Arthur didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Richwood when the teams last played back in October of 2024, but they still walked away with a 24-20 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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