Football Preview: Battle Mountain Longhorns vs. Incline Highlanders
Battle Mountain and Incline are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Battle Mountain Longhorns will venture away from home to take on the Incline Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Battle Mountain will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against West Wendover on Friday. Battle Mountain blew past West Wendover 35-15. The result was nothing new for the Longhorns, who have now won four games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Incline put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 49-0 victory over North Tahoe. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 54th in Nevada, while the Lakers are ranked 1028th in California), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Incline can attribute much of their success to Tommy Williams, who rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and Lucas Mcnamara, who gained 83 total yards and three touchdowns. Mcnamara didn't just play on offense: he also forced a fumble, made three total tackles, and defended a pass.
Incline wouldn't let North Tahoe keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Incline can thank Alex Finne and Mcnamara for forcing both of them. Finne is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last four games he's played.
Incline's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Battle Mountain, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Battle Mountain came up short against Incline in their previous meeting back in September, falling 28-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Williams, who threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Battle Mountain knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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