After two games on the road, L.C. Bird is heading back home. They will welcome the Midlothian Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. L.C. Bird will be strutting in after a win while Midlothian will be coming in after a defeat.
L.C. Bird will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Cosby on Friday. L.C. Bird strolled past Cosby with points to spare, taking the game 42-27.
L.C. Bird relied on the efforts of Jason Wright, who rushed for 27 yards and two touchdowns, and Sirpaul Cheeks, who gained 133 total yards and two touchdowns. Cheeks really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 80 yards.
Meanwhile, Midlothian entered their game against Huguenot on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Midlothian was outmatched by Huguenot at home and fell 46-16. The matchup marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Gibson Gross and Linwood Johnson. Johnson had a great game and threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Meanwhile, Gross was balling out in the loss, throwing for 191 yards and two touchdowns.
L.C. Bird's record now sits at 6-3. As for Midlothian, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
L.C. Bird was able to grind out a solid victory over Midlothian in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 20-10. Will L.C. Bird repeat their success, or does Midlothian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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