Football Preview: Lincoln Lynx vs. Jefferson Yellowjackets
The Lincoln Lynx will take on the Jefferson Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lincoln is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Lincoln is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Des Moines East: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Lincoln blew Des Moines East out of the water with a 35-6 final score. The Lynx pushed the score to 28-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Scarlets had little chance of recovering from.
Entienne Higgins was a one-man wrecking crew for Lincoln as he rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 86 yards and a touchdown while completing 78.6% of his passes. Cael Hansen also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincoln was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Jefferson had to endure a seven-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Storm Lake by a score of 42-34 on Friday.
Jayden Fujii and Jayce Shanno were among the main playmakers for Jefferson as the former threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes and the latter gained 163 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Fujii a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lincoln now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Jefferson, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Lincoln and Jefferson were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but Lincoln suffered an agonizing 28-27 defeat. Can Lincoln avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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