Football Recap: Lansing Lions vs. Tonganoxie Chieftains
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lansing can now relate to. They took a hard 21-7 fall against the Tonganoxie Chieftains on Friday. The Lions have struggled against the Chieftains recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Reid Oakley threw for 84 yards and a touchdown. On the ground,
Jaxon Pollard rushed for 76 yards.
Tonganoxie had a senior duo take command as Todd Brown gained 93 total yards and three touchdowns and Talon Langford threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Brown a new career-high in rushing yards (16). Tonganoxie also got a significant boost from Tanner Hand, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 104 yards.
Lansing's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Tonganoxie, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-3.
Lansing does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tonganoxie, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Bishop Miege at 7:00 p.m. Tonganoxie is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season.
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