The Brunswick Pirates will take on the Lakeside Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Brunswick sitting on six straight victories and Lakeside on seven.
If Brunswick beats Lakeside with 49 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Brunswick claimed a resounding 49-0 win over Statesboro at home. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won five games by 22 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lakeside has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 14.71 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Monday. Everything went their way against Effingham County as Lakeside made off with a 58-38 victory. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ty Jones and Tucker Perkins. Jones had a great game and rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Meanwhile, Perkins was balling out in the loss, throwing for 383 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakeside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Brunswick's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Lakeside, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Brunswick took their win against Lakeside in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 46-22. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Jones, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 177 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Brunswick still be able to contain Jones? There's only one way to find out.
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