After each having a week off, the Lincoln Trojans and the Ware County Gators will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln will be strutting in after a win while Ware County will be coming in after a loss.
Lincoln's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat St. John Paul II 49-0 at home. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Panthers are ranked 254th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lincoln can attribute much of their success to Tadarius Huggins, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and Christian Sims, who threw for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only seven passes.
Meanwhile, Ware County entered their contest against Bartram Trail two weeks ago without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Ware County was just a hair shy of victory and fell 43-42 to Bartram Trail.
Despite the defeat, Ware County got top-tier performance from Jamir Boyd, who rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Boyd a new career-high in rushing yards. Ware County also got a significant boost from Tayshaun Franklin, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 98 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ware County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 286 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory (which was Lincoln's third in a row) raised their record to 3-0. As for Ware County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
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