The Leake Academy Rebels and the Lamar Raiders are set to duel on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Leake Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 68-13 victory over East Rankin Academy. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
A big part of Leake Academy's victory came down to the chemistry between George Wilcox and his top target Matthew Nowell. Wilcox threw for 370 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes while Nowell picked up 215 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Wilcox is now averaging an impressive 3.4 passing touchdowns per game. Matthan Weaver was another key player, picking up 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Leake Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Lamar had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They claimed a resounding 42-13 win over the Cougars at home. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 20 points or more this season.
Leake Academy's victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for Lamar, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Leake Academy strolled past Lamar in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 28-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leake Academy 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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