Football Preview: Lakes Lancers vs. Mount Tahoma T-Birds
Lakes is 7-1 against Mount Tahoma since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lakes Lancers will look to defend their home field against the Mount Tahoma T-Birds at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Lakes sitting on nine straight wins dating back to last season and Mount Tahoma on three.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Lakes against Capital as the team secured a 38-7 victory. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 31 points or more this season.
Lakes found their leader in sophomore Ean Owens, who picked up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown. Owens was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 54 yards. Toetu Moliga was another key player, rushing for 115 yards on only 15 carries.
Lakes didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Jalen Boone led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mount Tahoma). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Silas 55-7. With that win, the T-Birds brought their scoring average up to 29.1 points per game.
Mount Tahoma got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Keshawn Hines out in front who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Another receiver making a difference was Xavier Harris, who picked up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Mount Tahoma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Mount Tahoma wouldn't let Silas keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force seven fumbles. Mount Tahoma can thank Veron Lockett and Andrew Asaeli for forcing all of them.
Lakes' win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Mount Tahoma, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Lakes has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 174.9 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mount Tahoma struggles in that department as they've been averaging 209.9. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Lakes lost to Mount Tahoma at home by a decisive 27-13 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mount Tahoma's Felix Diaz, who rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. Now that Lakes knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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