The Lake Minneola Hawks will square off against the Buchholz Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lake Minneola is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand South Lake a 42-0 shutout. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Eagles are ranked 373rd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Buchholz challenged Newberry on Wednesday. The Bobcats took their contest with ease, bagging a 34-6 win over the Panthers. The victory was familiar territory for the Bobcats, who have now won three games in a row.
Buchholz didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Taylor Booth picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. She got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
The win made it two in a row for Lake Minneola and bumps their season record up to 14-2. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.0 points over those games. As for Buchholz, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
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