Lancaster is 0-10 against South Pointe since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Lancaster Bruins will take on the South Pointe Stallions at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Lancaster is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 42-33 victory over Dreher on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, South Pointe had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 53 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 42-0 victory over the Cougars. The result was nothing new for the Stallions, who have now won five matches by 42 points or more so far this season.
Mason Pickett-Hicks was his usual excellent self, rushing for 239 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Tacarean Douglas, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown.
South Pointe's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB 10.5 times. The heavy lifting was done by Jaquawn Neely and Seth Tillman, who racked up seven sacks between them. With that strong performance, Tillman is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game. South Pointe got some further help from Miles Wilson: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Pointe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lancaster's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for South Pointe, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-2.
Lancaster couldn't quite finish off South Pointe when the teams last played back in October of 2023 and fell 29-26. Can Lancaster avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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