The third road matchup was the charm for South Sumter, as they earned their first road win of the season. Everything went their way against the Lake Minneola Hawks on Friday as the South Sumter Raiders made off with a 42-21 victory. With that win, the Raiders brought their scoring average up to 26.9 points per game.
Ja?Kyrian Turner was his usual excellent self, rushing for 315 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 110.5 rushing yards per game.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to South Sumter's defense and their nine sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Walker Mears and Jay Strawder, who racked up five sacks between them. South Sumter got some further help from Malakhi Boone: he picked up a sack, made ten total tackles, and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Sumter was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 502 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
South Sumter's record is now 3-4. As for Lake Minneola, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
South Sumter will take on Eastside at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Sumter is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.9 points per game this season. As for Lake Minneola, they will square off against Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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