Football Preview: Lewiston-Altura Cardinals vs. Bethlehem Academy/Discovery Cardinals
The Lewiston-Altura Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Bethlehem Academy/Discovery Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bethlehem Academy/Discovery took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lewiston-Altura, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Lewiston-Altura really took it to Hayfield for the full four quarters, racking up a 57-12 victory at home. The Cardinals pushed the score to 50-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had no chance of recovering from.
Lewiston-Altura's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Peyton Snitker, who rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns, and Tyson Prigge, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Prigge a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lewiston-Altura wouldn't let Hayfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Lewiston-Altura can thank Riley Merchlewitz and Eli Jensen for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Bethlehem Academy/Discovery was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were beaten by Fillmore Central 54-16. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 293rd, while the Falcons are ranked 95th).
The win made it two in a row for Lewiston-Altura and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Bethlehem Academy/Discovery, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
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