Football Recap: Helena Bengals vs. Flathead Braves/Bravettes
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Helena). They breezed by the Flathead Braves/Bravettes on the road to the tune of 47-13 on Friday. With that win, the Bengals brought their scoring average up to 28.3 points per game.
Helena had a senior duo take command as Mac Lundstrom threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per attempt and Jaxan Lieberg picked up 152 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Lundstrom a new career-high in rushing yards. Trygve Braun was another key player, picking up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Helena's defense made their presence known, laying out Eli Coopman. four times. Flathead's QB won't forget Alex Swenson anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
When it comes to explaining why Flathead lost, don't look at Coopman. Despite the final result, he threw for 218 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Helena's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Flathead, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-6.
Helena will face off against Sentinel at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Helena is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.3 points per game this season. As for Flathead, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Glacier at 6:00 p.m. Glacier also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 41.8 points per game.
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