Two dominant backs in Nino Joseph and Jontay Hais are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lely Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the Immokalee Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lely is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Barron Collier on the road to the tune of 90-56 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Joseph and Carter Quinn were among the main playmakers for Lely as the former gained 494 total yards and the latter threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.5 yards per attempt. Joseph's longest rush was for an incredible 85 yards. 85 of those passing yards were hauled in by Gage Rice.
Meanwhile, Immokalee waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took their match at home with ease, bagging a 44-12 win over the Titans. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Jayden Mixon was his usual excellent self, rushing for 120 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 106 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Hais, who rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Immokalee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 272 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Lely now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Immokalee, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Everything went Lely's way against Immokalee in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Lely made off with a 68-44 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lely since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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