Football Preview: Lewiston-Altura Cardinals vs. Cotter Ramblers
The Lewiston-Altura Cardinals will challenge the Cotter Ramblers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lewiston-Altura is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.8 points per game this season.
If Cotter heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Lewiston-Altura took over last week. Lewiston-Altura pulled ahead with a 19-18 photo finish over Rushford-Peterson on Friday.
The critical scores for Lewiston-Altura came from Peyton Snitker, Tyson Prigge, and Eli Jensen.
Lewiston-Altura was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 232 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Cotter kicked off their season on the road on Thursday and hit a couple of potholes. They were dealt a 48-13 loss at the hands of Blooming Prairie. The Ramblers have struggled against the Awesome Blossoms recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Lewiston-Altura pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Cotter, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
Everything came up roses for Lewiston-Altura against Cotter in their previous meeting back in October of 2014, as the squad secured a 69-30 victory. Will Lewiston-Altura repeat their success, or does Cotter have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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