South Lakes is 9-1 against Herndon since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The South Lakes Seahawks will host the Herndon Hornets at 1:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
South Lakes is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Mount Vernon: they outscored them in every quarter. South Lakes put the hurt on Mount Vernon with a sharp 40-14 victory on Friday. The Seahawks pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Majors had little chance of recovering from.
Cody Wood was his usual excellent self, rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Picarelli, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Herndon never let their opponents score on Friday. Everything went their way against Wakefield as Herndon made off with a 21-0 win. Considering the Hornets have won three matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The victory got South Lakes back to even at 2-2. As for Herndon, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Everything came up roses for South Lakes against Herndon when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 35-7 victory. Will South Lakes repeat their success, or does Herndon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
