The Central Noble Cougars will challenge the Lakeland Lakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Noble is looking for their season's first win.
Last Friday, Central Noble and Fremont were almost perfectly matched up, but Central Noble suffered a 12-11 defeat.
The losing side was boosted by Brody Morgan, who 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 victory over Angola on Friday. The 19-point effort marked the Lakers' lowest-scoring game 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 loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lakeland, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Central Noble was taken down by Lakeland 49-6 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central Noble was down 35-6.
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