Football Preview: Lincoln County Lions vs. Loyola-Sacred Heart Rams
Lincoln County has gone 7-2 against Loyola-Sacred Heart recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Lincoln County Lions will take on the Loyola-Sacred Heart Rams at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Lincoln County's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Lincoln County's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Fairfield/Augusta 35-0 at home. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Montana football rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lincoln County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josh Lambertsen, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Lambertsen a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Rogan Lytle, who rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Lincoln County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 338 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 40 points the game before, Loyola-Sacred Heart was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They fell 20-12 to Malta/Whitewater/Saco/Dodson.
Lincoln County's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Loyola-Sacred Heart, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Lincoln County's way against Loyola-Sacred Heart when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Lincoln County made off with a 33-13 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lincoln County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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