The Sports Leadership & Management Spartans will face off against the Lake Mary Prep Griffins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sports Leadership & Management is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Lakeside Christian, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Sports Leadership & Management was ranked 20th). Sports Leadership & Management fell just short of Lakeside Christian by a score of 31-28 on Tuesday. That makes it the first time this season the Spartans have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Lake Mary Prep entered their tilt with Liberty Christian Prep on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Lions, posting a 63-20 win on the road. The contest marked the Griffins' most dominant victory of the season.
Lake Mary Prep's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Payne Fitzmaurice led the charge by picking up 41 receiving yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Fitzmaurice also racked up 23 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August. Another receiver making a difference was Evan Alles, who picked up 95 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Lake Mary Prep's defense and their three sacks. Caymen Emerton was especially locked on to Liberty Christian Prep's QB and sacked him twice.
This is the second loss in a row for Sports Leadership & Management and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Lake Mary Prep, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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