Lake Wales has gone 7-0 against Lake Region recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Lake Wales Highlanders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Region Thunder at 7:30 p.m. Lake Wales will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Lake Wales' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Seminole offense got past them. Lake Wales fell just short of Seminole by a score of 41-38 on Friday. The Highlanders' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Lake Wales might have lost, but man, Brycen Levidiotis was a machine: he rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 223 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave Levidiotis a new career-high in rushing yards. Carldayle Brantley was Levidiotis' top target, picking up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Lake Wales was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Lake Region can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Friday. They and Tenoroc finished up their matchup with a 0-0 draw.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lake Wales fell to 4-1. With that draw, Lake Region's record moves to 0-4-1.
Everything came up roses for Lake Wales against Lake Region in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 47-0 victory. Will Lake Wales repeat their success, or does Lake Region have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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