The Leake County Gators will face off against the Stringer Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Leake County will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Leake County will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Mount Olive, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Leake County simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Mount Olive 56-20 at home. That 36 point margin sets a new team best for the Gators this season.
Mashawn Leflore continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 154 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Carnez Thomas was another key player, throwing for 186 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Leake County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 227 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Stringer came up short against Taylorsville on Friday and fell 28-18.
Leake County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Stringer, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything went Leake County's way against Stringer in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Leake County made off with a 38-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leake County since the squad 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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