Lake Gibson has been on the road for four straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m.
Lake Gibson's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Lakeland on Tuesday. They were dealt a 63-0 defeat at the hands of the Dreadnaughts. The Braves haven't had much luck with the Dreadnaughts recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Bartow entered their tilt with Bloomingdale on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took down the Bulls 35-21.
Bartow got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ka?Marion Thomas out in front who rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also picked up 39 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Thomas a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Avis Brown Jr., who gained 85 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bartow was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 85.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 166.3.
Lake Gibson now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Bartow, they pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Lake Gibson against Bartow in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, as the squad secured a 35-7 victory. Will Lake Gibson repeat their success, or does Bartow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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