Football Preview: Lancaster Eagles vs. Eastside Lions
The Lancaster Eagles are on the road again on Friday to play the Eastside Lions at 7:00 p.m. Lancaster's defense has only allowed 12.5 points per game this season, so Eastside's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Lancaster will bounce into Friday's match after beating Palmdale, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Lancaster secured a 22-16 W over Palmdale on Friday.
Jacob Walker and Jayson Wilson were among the main playmakers for Lancaster as the former rushed for 179 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry and the latter rushed for 38 yards. The dominant performance gave Walker a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lancaster's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Roger Price. Lancaster got some further help from Zeon Camps: he made 12 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Lancaster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 271 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastside). They strolled past Littlerock with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 28-13. The Lions pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lobos cut but never quite recovered from.
Nehemiah Shannon continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 190 yards and three touchdowns.
The victory got Lancaster back to even at 2-2. As for Eastside, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Everything came up roses for Lancaster against Eastside in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 48-7 victory. In that contest, Lancaster amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
