The Lake Nona Lions will venture away from home to face off against the Vero Beach Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Lake Nona sitting on five straight wins and Vero Beach on 11.
Lake Nona is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 29-0 victory over St. Cloud. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 29 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Vero Beach). They really took it to East Ridge for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-10 win. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Indians' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Knights are ranked 219th).
Lake Nona better keep an eye on Champ Monds. He was instrumental in Vero Beach's win, throwing for 277 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84% of his passes. That's the most passing touchdowns Monds has posted since back in November of 2024. Latravious Woods was in the mix too, providing Vero Beach with two TDs.
Vero Beach's run defense was locked in: East Ridge could only muster 1.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Lance Stone for the heroic effort on defense: he. Vero Beach didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.7.
Vero Beach's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for 5.5 sacks. Maqarie Philip refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself. Vero Beach got some further help from Philip: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made seven total tackles.
Lake Nona's record now sits at 8-3. As for Vero Beach, their record is now 11-0.
Things could have been worse for Lake Nona, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 21-7 loss to Vero Beach when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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