Ridge Community hasn't had much luck against Lake Wales recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Ridge Community Bolts will be defending their home-field for the first time for the first time when they go up against the Lake Wales Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ridge Community is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Kathleen. Ridge Community breezed by Kathleen on the road to the tune of 40-7 on Friday.
Lavonski Tubbs had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 58 yards. Another player making a difference was Amire Hall, who threw for 78 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ridge Community was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kathleen only rushed for 126.
Meanwhile, Lake Wales got themselves on the board against Winter Haven on Friday, but Winter Haven never followed suit. They blew past the Blue Devils 47-0 on the road. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 137th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lake Wales to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kylor Sanford, who rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Brycen Levidiotis, who threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes.
Lake Wales wouldn't let Winter Haven keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Russell Watts was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. Lake Wales got some further help from Dontavius Purdy: he made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Ridge Community was dealt a bruising 40-6 loss at the hands of Lake Wales in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Wales' Kaneilius Purdy, who picked up 147 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that Ridge Community knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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