The Great Bridge Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Lakeland Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Great Bridge and 16 for Lakeland dating back to last season.
Great Bridge is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Oscar Smith on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Wildcats lost 61-38 to the Tigers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (33), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was William Englert, who threw for 409 yards and four TDs. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Dessart, who picked up 161 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Meanwhile, Lakeland fell victim to Nansemond River and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a blow against the Warriors, falling 41-0. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Warriors are ranked 45th).
Lakeland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Lorenzo Lee and Jordan Fernandez.
Lakeland's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Great Bridge, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything came up roses for Great Bridge against Lakeland in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 54-6 victory. In that matchup, the Wildcats amassed a halftime lead of 33-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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