The Central Noble Cougars will square off against the Lakeland Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Noble is looking for their season's first victory.
Last Friday, Central Noble and Fremont were almost perfectly matched up, but Central Noble suffered a 12-11 loss.
Brody Morgan put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lakeland, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They walked away with a 19-6 win over Angola on Friday. The 19-point effort marked the Lakers' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Lakeland came from Carson Mickem, Levi Cook, and Cook.
Lakeland wouldn't let Angola keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lakeland can thank Drannon Miller and Cook for forcing both of them.
Central Noble's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lakeland, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Central Noble took a serious blow against Lakeland when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 49-6. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central Noble was down 35-6.
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