After three games on the road, Leigh is heading back home. They will welcome the Live Oak Acorns at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Leigh's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Live Oak's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Leigh will bounce into Friday's match after beating Oak Grove, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Leigh came out on top against Oak Grove by a score of 27-14 on Thursday.
Zach Pistor had a dynamite game for Leigh, rushing for 115 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry, and also picking up 38 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Leigh's defense and their four sacks. Oak Grove's QB won't forget Matthew Williams anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Williams also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 14. Leigh got some further help from Callahan Milroy: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Live Oak can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Thursday. They strolled past Lincoln with points to spare, taking the game 23-6. The Acorns' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Tanner Holeman went supernova for Live Oak, rushing for 59 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Holeman a new career-high in rushing yards. Gage Jones handled things on the ground, rushing for 107 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Live Oak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Leigh now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Live Oak, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Leigh was taken down by Live Oak 49-13 in their previous meeting back in October of 2017. Can Leigh avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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