Lakewood hasn't had much luck against Newark Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lancers will be playing at home against the Green Wave at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lakewood's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Johnstown-Monroe on Friday. They took a blow against the Johnnies, falling 71-0. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 675th, while the Johnnies are ranked 265th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 40-6, which was the final score in Newark Catholic's tilt against Heath on Friday. The game marked the Green Wave's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Newark Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Lakewood took a serious blow against Newark Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 48-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Green Wave's Jaxon Holman, who rushed for 162 yards and three TDs while picking up 9.5 yards per carry, and also threw for 54 yards and one touchdown. Now that the Lancers know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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