Herndon is 1-9 against South Lakes since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Herndon Hornets will head out on the road to challenge the South Lakes Seahawks at 1:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Herndon's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Wakefield 21-0. Considering the Hornets have won three matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for South Lakes on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 40-14 margin over Mount Vernon. The Seahawks pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Majors had little chance of recovering from.
Cody Wood continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Picarelli, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory made it two in a row for Herndon and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for South Lakes, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Herndon took a serious blow against South Lakes when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 35-7. Thankfully for Herndon, Isaac Copeland (who rushed for 158 yards, and also picked up 49 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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