Nederland has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Lake Creek Lions at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Nederland didn't have too much trouble with West Fork on the road as they won 45-28. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Gators are ranked 586th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lake Creek took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 57-17 win over Dayton. The contest marked the Lions' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Nederland's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Lake Creek, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Nederland was taken down by Lake Creek 53-6 when the teams last played back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake Creek's Eli Morcos, who threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 30 yards. Now that Nederland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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