Football Preview: Carlin Railroaders vs. Pyramid Lake Lakers
Carlin hasn't had much luck against Pyramid Lake recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Carlin Railroaders will welcome the Pyramid Lake Lakers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Carlin is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Virginia City, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Carlin was ranked eighth). Carlin came out on top against Virginia City by a score of 28-20 on Saturday.
Carlin relied on the efforts of Dylan Ramirez, who rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and Leo Krantz, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. That's the most rushing yards Ramirez has posted since back in September of 2023. Another back making a difference was Gage Lewis, who rushed for 94 yards on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Carlin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Virginia City only rushed for 282.
Meanwhile, Pyramid Lake never let their opponents score last Thursday. They had just enough and edged McDermitt out 2-0.
Carlin now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Pyramid Lake, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Carlin was taken down by Pyramid Lake 58-20 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pyramid Lake's Cash Hall, who rushed for 190 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. Now that Carlin knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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