The Wekiva Mustangs are on the road again on Friday to play the Oviedo Lions at 7:00 p.m.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 62-17, which was the final score in Wekiva's tilt against Lee County on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 170th in Florida, while the Trojans are ranked seventh in Georgia).
Meanwhile, Oviedo entered their tilt with Lyman last Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 49-14 victory over the Greyhounds at home. Considering the Lions have won three contests by more than 34 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Chance Nixon continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 118 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 40 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Oviedo also got help from Jordan Donahoo, who showed off his sure hands for 84 receiving yards.
Another reason for the win was Oviedo's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Lyman's QB won't forget Samari Chisolm anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Oviedo got some further help from Brady Manning: he made 12 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Wekiva now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Oviedo, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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