New Smyrna Beach and Lake Wales squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but New Smyrna Beach had to settle for second. They were dealt a 52-19 loss at the hands of the Lake Wales Highlanders. While losing is never fun, the Barracudas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Highlanders are ranked 73rd).
Alexander Johnson threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards.
Armoni Spurlock was his top target, picking up 54 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a rushing score. On the ground,
Todd Cutler Jr rushed for 74 yards.
Brycen Levidiotis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lake Wales, throwing for 321 yards and five touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Kylor Sanford helped Levidiotis out on the ground, rushing for 156 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
New Smyrna Beach's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-3. As for Lake Wales, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
New Smyrna Beach does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lake Wales, they will square off against Vanguard at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Vanguard will roll in looking for their tenth straight victory, something Lake Wales surely won't give up without a fight.
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