Football Preview: Lake Oswego Lakers vs. Oregon City Pioneers
Lake Oswego is 6-1 against Oregon City since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lake Oswego Lakers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Oregon City Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Oswego has seven straight victories, Oregon City has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lake Oswego is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: West Linn, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Lake Oswego was ranked first). Lake Oswego managed a 21-17 win over West Linn on Friday. The 21-point effort marked the Lakers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Oregon City lost to Tigard at home by a 35-19 margin on Friday.
Even though they lost, Oregon City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lake Oswego's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Oregon City, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Lake Oswego was able to grind out a solid win over Oregon City when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 20-12. Will Lake Oswego repeat their success, or does Oregon City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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