Lake Wales has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Vanguard Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lake Wales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They really took it to New Smyrna Beach for the full four quarters, racking up a 52-19 victory. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Barracudas are ranked 213th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brycen Levidiotis was his usual excellent self, 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.
Lake Wales didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cedarius Christian and Cam'Ron Davis. Davis also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten. Lake Wales got some further help from Samauri Wilson: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Vanguard waltzed into their match on Friday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They put the hurt on the Yellow Jackets with a sharp 35-10 win.
Vanguard pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.3 points. As for Lake Wales, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Lake Wales was dealt a bruising 52-15 loss at the hands of Vanguard in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Lake Wales avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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