The Lake Mary Rams will stay at home for another week and welcome the DeLand Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lake Mary gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They enjoyed a cozy 34-16 victory over Bishop Moore.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lake Mary to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Grubbs, who threw for 243 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in two rushing scores. Isaiah Thomas helped Grubbs out on the ground, rushing for 130 yards and a touchdown.
Lake Mary was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Lake Mary didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aireese Martin and Brad Billups.
Meanwhile, DeLand scored the most points they've had all season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell to Flagler Palm Coast 62-57. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), DeLand still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, DeLand got top-tier performance from Marceles Carey, who rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Those 161 rushing yards gave Carey a new career-high.
Lake Mary pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.7 points per game. As for DeLand, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season.
Lake Mary took their victory against DeLand in their previous meeting back in October of 2021 by a conclusive 44-20. In that contest, Lake Mary amassed a halftime lead of 27-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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