It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Niceville can now relate to. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 34-33 to the Lakeland Dreadnaughts. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
| 12/06/24 @ Lakeland | 161 |
| 09/27/24 vs Gulf Breeze | 152 |
| 11/29/24 vs Lincoln | 86 |
| 10/11/24 @ Mosley | 61 |
| 09/13/24 @ Crestview | 38 |
When it comes to explaining why Niceville lost, don't look at Johnny Lewis Jr. Despite the final result, he rushed for 135 yards and one touchdown, and also threw for 161 yards while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Lewis Jr a new career-high in passing yards. Niceville also got help from Jay Galindo, who showed off his sure hands for 95 receiving yards.
Niceville wouldn't let Lakeland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jon Bocchino was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. Another thorn in Lakeland's side was Harper Campbell, who picked up a sack and made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The loss snapped Niceville's winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 12-2 record. As for Lakeland, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 13-0.
Niceville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lakeland, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 34-0 defeat against St. Thomas Aquinas on the 12th.
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