After each having a week off, the Lake Placid Dragons and the Avon Park Red Devils will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Lake Placid 14.5, Avon Park 10.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
Lake Placid will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Okeechobee, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Lake Placid never let Okeechobee get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory two weeks ago. Surprisingly, this marked the fourth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
Meanwhile, Avon Park came out on top against Frostproof two weeks ago by a score of 7-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Lake Placid better focus on containing J'Nariah Anderson and Kamila Watt as the pair were huge in Avon Park's win. Anderson threw for 153 yards on only ten passes, while Watt rushed for 63 yards on only eight carries. Watt was even better on defense, picking up a sack and making four total tackles (2.0 for loss).
The win got Lake Placid back to even at 2-2. As for Avon Park, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-3.
Lake Placid lost to Avon Park on the road by a decisive 20-6 margin in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watt, who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that Lake Placid knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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