The Gateway Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Lennard Longhorns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Gateway has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Lennard will arrive with three straight victories.
Gateway's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Riverdale on Friday. They took a blow against the Raiders, falling 47-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 445th, while the Raiders are ranked 171st).
Meanwhile, Lennard was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They skirted past Blake 25-22.
Gavin Fields had a dynamite game for Lennard, rushing for 143 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Fields got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 80 yards. London Green did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 91 receiving yards.
Lennard wouldn't let Blake keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lennard can thank Dorian Burns and Sta'Shaun Gage for forcing both of them. That's the most rushing yards Burns has posted since back in September of 2023. Another thorn in Blake's side was Jamarie Clarke, who made 16 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Gateway's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Lennard, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
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