Winter Haven fell victim to Lakeland and their airtight defense on Friday. They were beaten by the Lakeland Dreadnaughts 44-0. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Dreadnaughts are ranked third).
Jadarius Dobie went supernova for Lakeland, rushing for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Dobie has posted since back in November of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Chad Williams, who threw for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes.
This is the second loss in a row for Winter Haven and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Lakeland, the win (which was their ninth in a row dating back to last season) raised their record to 3-0.
Winter Haven will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Haines City at 7:30 p.m. on September 27th. Winter Haven is facing Haines City at the right time seeing as Haines City is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Lakeland, they will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Booker T. Washington at 9:00 p.m. on Friday. Lakeland will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
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