Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Lake). They blew past the Leesburg Yellow Jackets 52-21 on Friday. With that victory, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 27.1 points per game.
South Lake found their leader in sophomore Jesse Barker Jr., who picked up 3.5 sacks and made seven total tackles (5.0 for loss). What's more, Tre Kelly also racked up 61 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in October of 2023.
South Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to South Lake's defense and their 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Barker Jr. and Latraverick Anderson, who racked up 5.5 sacks between them. Barker Jr. has been hot , having also posted six or more total tackles the last five times he's played.
Leesburg's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Lamar Garrison, who picked up 201 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Xavier Irizarry, who threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns. Garrison showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 63 yards.
South Lake pushed their record up to 7-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Leesburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
As of now, neither South Lake nor Leesburg have any future games scheduled.
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