Football Recap: LaVille Lancers vs. Whiting Oilers
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask LaVille). They really took it to the Whiting Oilers for the full four quarters, racking up a 56-20 victory on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-14.
Cole Stafford had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 255 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Jon Neese was in the mix as well, providing LaVille with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, LaVille was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 169.
LaVille's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Whiting, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. LaVille and West Central are set to duel on Friday. West Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season. As for Whiting, they will challenge Andrean at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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