Lake Wales entered their matchup against Osceola on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Lake Wales Highlanders took a 28-17 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Osceola Kowboys. Despite 88 more yards than the Kowboys, the Highlanders couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
When it comes to explaining why Lake Wales lost, don't look at Brycen Levidiotis. Despite the final result, he threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 32 yards. Kaneilius Purdy was another key player, picking up 104 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Taevion Swint continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Osceola, rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Swint has been hot , having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last seven times he's played. Osceola also got a significant boost from Elijah Hickson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 81 yards.
Lake Wales' defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3. As for Osceola, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lake Wales will take on Bartow at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lake Wales is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.5 points per game this season. As for Osceola, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Lakewood at 7:30 p.m. Osceola also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 31.4 points per game.
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