The Spoto Spartans will challenge the Lakeland Dreadnaughts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Spoto knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Lakeland likes a good challenge.
Spoto is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Leto to the tune of 66-23 on Thursday. Considering the Spartans have won four matches by more than 40 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Nathan Richardson, who threw for 289 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played. Spoto also got a significant boost from Jaedyn Cartwright, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 115 yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Spoto's defense and their four sacks. Rome Freeman was especially locked on to Leto's QB and sacked him twice. Freeman also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11. Another thorn in Leto's side was Nasir Foster, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles in addition to snagging an interception which he returned one-yard for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Lakeland put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Sebring by a score of 22-12. Given the Dreadnaughts' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked third, while the Blue Streaks are ranked 108th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lakeland to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jaysean Pritchard, who rushed for 81 yards on only five carries.
Lakeland's victory was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.4 points per game. As for Spoto, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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