The Oakleaf Knights will challenge the ED White Commanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Oakleaf's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past First Coast 44-0 on the road. The match marked the Knights' most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, ED White was fully in charge on Monday, breezing past Sandalwood 33-0 on the road. Given the Commanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Saints are ranked 374th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
ED White found their leader in underclassman Rontrez Loyd, who rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Those 132 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Loyd. The team also got some help courtesy of King Boylston, who threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, ED White was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
The win made it two in a row for Oakleaf and bumps their season record up to 5-2. As for ED White, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-2.
Oakleaf strolled past ED White in their previous meeting back in September of 2019 by a score of 26-7. Does Oakleaf have another victory up their sleeve, or will ED White turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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