Football Recap: Pawnee City Sets Scoring Season-High Against Lewiston

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pawnee City). They managed a 56-50 victory over the Lewiston Tigers on Friday. The Indians haven't had any issues with the Tigers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.

Payton Rose

Rushing Yards

09/19/25 @ Hampton	77
09/05/25 vs Dorchester	111
09/26/25 vs Parkview Christian	115
08/29/25 @ Meridian	133
10/03/25 @ Lewiston	195

Pawnee City found their leader in sophomore Payton Rose, who rushed for 195 yards and one touchdown while picking up 9.3 yards per carry. Those 195 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Rose.

Pawnee City's run defense was locked in: Lewiston could only muster three yards per carry. The team can thank Dawson Wilkinson for the heroic effort on defense: he. Pawnee City didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 8.8.

Pawnee City's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Lewiston, they now have a losing record of 2-3.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Pawnee City is set to square off against their familiar foe Sterling at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Lewiston will take on rival Parkview Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.