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LAKELAND — Lakeland Christian and Fort Meade indeed were locked in a classic small school football battle, especially after the Vikings scored in the closing seconds of the first half to tie the score going into halftime.
LCS then unleashed its complete offense in the second half and slowed Fort Meade’s high-powered passing game to pull away for a 42-21 victory on Friday night at Viking Stadium.
Although Fort Meade finished with nearly 400 yards of offense, the Miners made numerous mistakes. They had nine 5-yard penalties, mostly for delay of game or false starts that twice turned fourth-and-short into fourth-and-long. The first time, Fort Meade was going for it then punted after the penalty. The second time, the penalty was inside the 10 and turned fourth-and-4 into fourth-and-9 on Fort Meade’s opening drive of the second half.
Lakeland Christian was leading by a touchdown at that point, stopped Fort Meade, took over at its 10 and went on a 90-yard scoring drove to go up by two touchdowns after Killian O’Neal’s touchdown run.
Back-to-back touchdown plays of more than 70 yards were called back but the Vikings eventually scored on the drive.
LCS shows off complete offense
Lakeland Christian running back Josh Bellamy breaks away from a Fort Meade defender on Friday night at Viking Stadium.
Sophomore quarterback Brody Brenneman missed last week’s game with a rolled ankle and did not start against the Miners. With DJ Howard at the control, the Vikings played even with Fort Meade in the first half. Howard threw a clutch touchdown pass to tie the score, 14-14, with three seconds left in the half.
Brenneman took over at halftime and completed all six of his passes for 92 yards and led an offense that piled up 240 yards in the second half. He showed how dangerous LCS’s offense can be by adding his passing to the…
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Author : The Ledger
Publish date : 2024-09-07 05:27:53
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