The Lakeland Prep Lions are still playing. They beat Jackson North Side 30-16 on Friday night in the first round of the TSSAA Class 4A football playoffs at home.
The details:
- What: TSSAA Division I, Class 4A state playoffs, first round (Game 112)
- Final: Lakeland Prep 30, Jackson North Side 16
- When: Friday, Nov. 6
- Where: Lakeland Prep, 5020 Lions Crest Drive
The streak: The Lions entered at 7-3 as Region 8’s No. 2 seed and are now 8-3. The win is their fifth straight, per MaxPreps. North Side, Region 7’s No. 3 seed, finished the night at 7-4.
What’s next: Lakeland Prep travels to Pearl-Cohn for the second round on Friday, Nov. 13. Pearl-Cohn, Region 6’s No. 1 seed, beat Montgomery Central 55-8 in its first-round game and hosts as the higher seed, per the TSSAA bracket. Kickoff is 7 p.m. local time.
How they got here: Lakeland Prep went 5-1 in region play. Their last regular-season win was 44-22 over Humboldt on Oct. 30. Regular-season losses came against Covington, Haywood and Arlington. This was the program’s first home playoff game; Lakeland Prep’s first playoff win in school history came in 2021 against Crestview, Lakeland Currents reported at the time.
The Class 4A state championship is Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga as part of the BlueCross Bowl.
Go Lions.
Sources: TSSAA Class 4A bracket (Game 112 / Game 206) · MaxPreps: Lakeland Prep beats Jackson North Side · Talk-N West TN: Round 1 final scores · MaxPreps: Pearl-Cohn beats Montgomery Central · Lakeland Report: first-round preview
Photo: Lakeland Preparatory School (LPS Football). Shows Lakeland Prep football underclassmen from the 2025-26 season. Resized and set on a blurred fill.
