The Lakeland Regional Lancers will head out on the road to challenge the West Essex Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Lakeland Regional made easy work of Jefferson Township and carried off a 50-28 win. The Lancers pushed the score to 50-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lakeland Regional to victory, but perhaps none more so than Collin Sabric, who rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 168 yards and a touchdown while completing 84.6% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Sabric a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Jeremy O'Hernandez, who rushed for 81 yards and three touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Lakeland Regional was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Lakeland Regional's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Cameron Chapman, Aidan Thacker, and Sabric picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but West Essex ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They secured a 20-14 W over Caldwell. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Lakeland Regional now has a winning record of 2-1. As for West Essex, they pushed their record up to 2-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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