Lake Wales is 7-0 against Lake Region since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lake Wales Highlanders will be playing at home against the Lake Region Thunder at 7:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Lake Wales' favor as the team sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Lake Region has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Lake Wales' usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Seminole offense got past them. Lake Wales fell just short of Seminole by a score of 41-38 on Friday. The Highlanders' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Lake Wales might have lost, but man, Brycen Levidiotis was a machine: he rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 223 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. The dominant performance gave Levidiotis a new career-high in rushing yards. Carldayle Brantley was Levidiotis' top target, picking up 143 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Lake Wales was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 159 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Lake Region ended up a good deal behind Tenoroc on Friday and lost 34-16.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lake Wales fell to 4-1. As for Lake Region, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything came up roses for Lake Wales against Lake Region in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 47-0 victory. Will Lake Wales repeat their success, or does Lake Region have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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