Sebring entered their matchup against Lake Wales on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Sebring Blue Streaks were just a hair shy of victory and fell 14-13 to the Lake Wales Highlanders. The Blue Streaks have struggled against the Highlanders recently, as their game on Friday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Sebring still got an impressive performance from Keveun Mason, who rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry.
Sebring wouldn't let Lake Wales keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sebring can thank Christopher Campbell and Zechariah Taylor for forcing both of them. Taylor also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Even though they lost, Sebring was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The critical scores for Lake Wales came from Dontavius Purdy and Kylor Sanford.
Sebring's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Lake Wales, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Sebring will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Kathleen at 7:30 p.m. on September 27th. Sebring is facing Kathleen at the right time seeing as Kathleen is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Lake Wales, they will head out on the road to square off against Seminole at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Wales' defense has only allowed 5.2 points per game this season, so Seminole's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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