Lexington won the last time they faced Little River Academy, and things went their way on Friday too. Everything went the Lexington Eagles' way against the Little River Academy Bumblebees as the Lexington Eagles made off with a 45-21 win. With the Eagles ahead 38-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Noah Wright-Harris was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Biehle, who picked up 172 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Lexington wouldn't let Little River Academy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lexington can thank Noah Nededog and Gunner Clopton for forcing both of them.
Little River Academy lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Preston Rowe, who rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 90 yards and a touchdown. Brian Grissom handled things on the ground, rushing for 103 yards.
The victory made it two in a row for Lexington and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Little River Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Lexington will head out to square off against Rockdale at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Little River Academy, they will be playing at home against Burnet at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Little River Academy focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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