Football Preview: Mountain Lakes Lakers vs. Butler Bulldogs
Mountain Lakes has gone 3-0 against Butler recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mountain Lakes Lakers will challenge the Butler Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Mountain Lakes comes in on four and Butler on ten.
Mountain Lakes is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against New Milford by a score of 14-7.
Meanwhile, everything went Butler's way against Glen Ridge on Friday as Butler made off with a 40-20 win. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won eight matches by 20 points or more so far this season.
Butler's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from David Smith, who rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also threw for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Smith's longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another rusher making a difference was Yadi Perez, who rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
Butler was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Butler pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.4 points. As for Mountain Lakes, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Lakes against Butler in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, as the squad secured a 41-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Lakes since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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