Football Recap: Lakeside Falls Despite Strong Effort from Grady Ohman

By Team Reports Dec 4, 2024, 10:08am

Football Recap: Lakeside Rams vs. Farmington Cardinals

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lakeside can now relate to. They fell to the Farmington Cardinals 59-55. The Rams' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

When it comes to explaining why Lakeside lost on Friday, don't look at Grady Ohman. Despite the final result, he rushed for 304 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Ohman's rushing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 16th straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. Ben Vincent was in the mix as well, providing Lakeside with two touchdowns.

Even if they lost, Lakeside's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Josiah Arzola was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four. Lakeside got some further help from Joseph Newman: he picked up a sack and made 14 total tackles (3.0 for loss).

Even though they lost, Lakeside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 304 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.

Lakeside's defeat dropped their record down to 10-3. As for Farmington, the victory (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 11-2.

Lakeside does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Farmington, they will challenge Parkview at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Farmington will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.

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