Football Preview: Little Falls Flyers vs. Detroit Lakes Lakers
Little Falls is 0-4 against Detroit Lakes since October of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The Little Falls Flyers will host the Detroit Lakes Lakers at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Little Falls is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Fergus Falls on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Little Falls took a blow against Fergus Falls, falling 42-14. While losing is never fun, the Flyers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Otters are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Detroit Lakes came up short against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton on Friday, falling 35-9. The match marked the Lakers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Little Falls and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Detroit Lakes, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-3.
Little Falls was taken down by Detroit Lakes 35-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Detroit Lakes' Caden Strand, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown. Now that Little Falls knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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