Lakewood is 0-4 against Buckeye since September of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The Lakewood Rangers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Buckeye Bucks at 7:00 p.m.
Lakewood will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Bay on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 21-point defeat they were dealt last Friday. Lakewood fell just short of Bay by a score of 22-20. The Rangers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Buckeye had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.3 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They really took it to the Pirates for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-0 win at home. Considering the Bucks have won eight matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Lakewood now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Buckeye, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Lakewood was taken down by Buckeye 52-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lakewood was down 49-7.
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