The 2-5 Hobbton Wildcats traveled to take on the 5-3 Lakewood Leopards, and the hometown team took the game in an instant-classic game for the record books, with a final score of 34-30.
Lakewood received the opening kickoff, meaning that Hobbton would receive it at halftime.
Joe Corbett kicked off for Hobbton, and Cooper Ivey had a marginal return, giving Lakewood the ball at their own 28-yard line to start the game. Calvin Lacewell, Jr. was back in action for the Leopards, and it was he who took the first handoff. However, on just the second play of the game, his helmet came off on a run, and he appeared to be shaken up. Chris Carr took over on running duties, as he had previously this season when Lacewell was injured.
A holding penalty on Lakewood and a facemask from Hobbton set the Leopards up for second-and-about-two in the opening drive, but Chris Carr grabbed the line to gain on a run.