After starting their season with four straight games on the road, American Leadership Academy-Johnston is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the South Wake Lions at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. American Leadership Academy-Johnston's defense has only allowed 12.8 points per game this season, so South Wake's offense will have their work cut out for them.
American Leadership Academy-Johnston's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Roanoke Rapids offense got past them. American Leadership Academy-Johnston was dealt a 51-16 defeat at the hands of Roanoke Rapids on Friday. The loss was the Patriots' first of the season.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Symir Ray, who rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: American Leadership Academy-Johnston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 169 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South Wake had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 26-19. The match marked the Lions' most dominant win of the season so far.
South Wake's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Shane Gannon and Alex Pannell. With that strong performance, Gannon is now averaging an impressive 1.2 defended passes per game. South Wake got some further help from Josh Baker: he picked up a sack and made 20 total tackles.
Having lost for the first time this season, American Leadership Academy-Johnston fell to 3-1. As for South Wake, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-1.
American Leadership Academy-Johnston came up short against South Wake in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 38-28. Can American Leadership Academy-Johnston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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