The South Lake Eagles will head out to take on the East Ridge Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It was a Battle of the Birds when South Lake took on Horizon on Monday. South Lake walked away with a 20-8 victory over Horizon. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for East Ridge, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in September. They had just enough and edged Celebration out 16-13.
Uriah Maynard was his usual excellent self, rushing for 224 yards. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 60 yards.
East Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Celebration only rushed for 26.
East Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Elijah Cisco and Ke'Andre Mccormick. Mccormick is also crushing it when it comes to defended passes: he's defended at least one every time he's taken the field this season. East Ridge got some further help from Hayden Gutlay: he picked up two sacks, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles.
South Lake is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for East Ridge, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
South Lake was dealt a bruising 35-7 loss at the hands of East Ridge in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for South Lake, Cole Rylski (who rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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