Arkansas and Lakeside are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The Arkansas Razorbacks will face off against the Lakeside Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Arkansas will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Arkansas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were beaten by Camden Fairview 68-24 on Friday. The Razorbacks were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
William Dunbar put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt.
Meanwhile, Lakeside blew past Magnolia, posting a 36-7 victory at home. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Panthers are ranked 61st), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Grady Ohman and J2 Young. Ohman had a great game and rushed for 181 yards. Meanwhile, Young was balling out in the loss, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakeside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 240 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Magnolia only rushed for 121.
Lakeside didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chris Ford and Deklan Mckinney.
Arkansas' defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lakeside, their win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Arkansas couldn't quite finish off Lakeside when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 34-31. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ohman, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 74 receiving yards. Now that Arkansas knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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