Regents had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They breezed by the Lorena Leopards on the road to the tune of 51-15 on Friday. The Knights pushed the score to 37-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Leopards had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Jack Devine and his top target Blake Smith. Devine threw for 410 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 14.1 yards per attempt while Smith gained 224 total yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Roman Patson was in the mix as well, providing Regents with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Regents was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 545 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lorena only gained 403.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Regents' defense and their four sacks. In that department, Jackson Praytor was the leader with two. Logan Kendall was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing two fumbles, and making 13 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Regents is taking a road trip to challenge Kinkaid at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lorena, they will host Malakoff at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Lorena focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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