Football Preview: La Salle Lightning vs. Northwest Christian School Crusaders
La Salle has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to challenge the Northwest Christian School Crusaders at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. La Salle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.2 points per game this season.
La Salle is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Kittitas/Thorp: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that La Salle blew Kittitas/Thorp out of the water with a 48-6 final score. Considering the Lightning have won six games by more than 24 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
La Salle's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Adan Villalobos, who rushed for 217 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry, and Johan Valladares, who rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Villalobos a new career-high in rushing yards.
La Salle was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 347 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 248 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
La Salle didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Valladares led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 123 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Northwest Christian School entered their contest against Asotin last Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Northwest Christian School lost to Asotin at home by a 34-19 margin. The Crusaders' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Northwest Christian School's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2. As for La Salle, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
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