The Castleberry Lions traveled to Gainesville, losing to their tough opponent by a 42-18 score. The Lions’ normally prolific ground game found the going difficult, as Castleberry gained only 78 total yards on 29 carries. Senior Marcus Shelton was again the workhorse, gaining 71 yards on 17 carries. Forced to throw, quarterback Tyler Carlile completed 8 of 20 passes for 183 yards. Carlile threw touchdown passes to Noel Flores, Zach Romero and Jovany Hurtado. Flores finished with an impressive 114 yards receiving on three catches, including a 61 yard TD catch.
Defensively, senior linebacker Andrew Holder was again all over the field, finishing with 16 tackles in the game. Jose Portales finished with 9 tackles, and Noel Flores and Zach Romero finished with 8 tackles each. Marcellyss Lewis had an interception, and Romero recovered a fumble.
Next up for the Lions is their homecoming game against Venus at 7:30 pm on Friday night.
