The Lake Placid Dragons will take on the Avon Park Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Lake Placid has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Avon Park will arrive with eight straight victories.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 66-31, which was the final score in Lake Placid's tilt against Fort Meade on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Avon Park). They greeted the New Year with with an 88-70 win over DeSoto County. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 615th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lake Placid better keep an eye on Damari Cohen. He was instrumental in Avon Park's win, putting up 17 points and eight boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jose Silva, who posted 12 points and six rebounds.
Avon Park's victory bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Lake Placid, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Lake Placid might still be hurting after the 84-63 defeat they got from Avon Park in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Silva, who put up 22 points and seven rebounds. Now that Lake Placid knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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