The Wekiva Mustangs's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oviedo Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Wekiva was beaten by Lee County 62-17. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 170th in Florida, while the Trojans are ranked seventh in Georgia).
Meanwhile, Oviedo waltzed into their match last Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Greyhounds 49-14 at home. Considering the Lions have won three contests by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Chance Nixon was his usual excellent self, rushing for 118 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 40 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Oviedo also got help from Jordan Donahoo, who showed off his sure hands for 84 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oviedo's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Samari Chisolm was the leader with two. Oviedo got some further help from Brady Manning: he made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Wekiva now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Oviedo, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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