The Garden Spot Spartans will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Lebanon Cedars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Garden Spot is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They fell 71-64 to Notre Dame-Green Pond on Friday.
Garden Spot might have lost, but man, AJ Hurst was a machine: he threw for 462 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.6 yards per attempt. Jace Conrad was Hurst's top target, picking up 149 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Garden Spot didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hurst and Cole Humphreys.
Meanwhile, Lebanon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They were beaten by Palmyra 40-8.
Everything came up roses for Garden Spot against Lebanon when the teams last played back in August of 2023 as the squad secured a 45-7 win. Will Garden Spot repeat their success, or does Lebanon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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