It was a Battle of the Birds when South Lake duked it out withHorizon on Monday. The South Lake Eagles walked away with a 20-8 victory over the Horizon Hawks. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
The critical scores for South Lake came from Kaden Magloire, Malik Holman, and Tyrese Thompson.
One reason for the win was South Lake's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Johens Misere and Anthony Johnson, who racked up five sacks between them. Johnson also made 11 total tackles, which is notable because South Lake is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise. South Lake got some further help from Jesse Barker Jr.: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
South Lake now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Horizon, their loss was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-7.
South Lake didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 24-3 win against East Ridge on the 18th. As for Horizon, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 35-27 victory against Lake Minneola on the 18th.
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