What could easily be Sampson County’s game of the year is this week’s DuBose Strapping Game of the Week, as the 2-1 Midway Raiders traveled to take on the 3-0 Lakewood Leopards. It was the Raiders’ ball game, as they served up Lakewood’s first loss of the season, 37-34.
Many storylines developed prior to this game, as it was Barrett Sloan’s first game coaching his alma mater against Lakewood, where he had coached for years prior. Midway’s lone loss came in a very wet and muddy game at home against James Kenan two weeks ago, and they had a somewhat close call against North Johnston last week.
For Lakewood, their 3-0 record shows a couple big wins, but their defense wasn’t as strong last week against Lejeune, giving up 418 passing yards and four touchdowns — but the bright side was the three interceptions they had alongside that. Calvin Lacewell, Jr. had another big game as he had 229 rushing yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns.