The Lake Creek Lions will host the West Fork Gators at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lake Creek will be strutting in after a victory while West Fork will be coming in after a defeat.
Lake Creek is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Splendora: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Lake Creek blew Splendora out of the water with a 60-14 final score. With the Lions ahead 48-14 at the half, the game was all but over already.
It was another big night for Eli Morcos, who threw for 249 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 59 yards on only seven carries. Lake Creek is 4-2 when Morcos posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Brooks Mcgee was another key player, picking up 119 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lake Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Splendora only rushed for 115.
Meanwhile, West Fork was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 40-8 loss at the hands of Dayton.
Lake Creek has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 45.3 points per game. As for West Fork, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
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