The Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore] Bombers will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Towner-Granville-Upham Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore] is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Dakota's top teams: Mohall/Lansford/Sherwood, who was ranked 14th at the time (Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore] was ranked 16th). The Bombers came up short against the Mavericks on Friday, falling 54-34. The Bombers' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Towner-Granville-Upham on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Surrey out of the water with a 36-6 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Titans had established a 22-point advantage.
Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore] better focus on containing Fynn Livedalen and Brock Lunde as the pair were huge in Towner-Granville-Upham's win. Livedalen threw for 133 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 75% of his passes, while Lunde gained 127 total yards and two touchdowns. Livedalen's passing game has become a key predictor of Towner-Granville-Upham's success: the team is 2-1 when his passer rating is 110 or higher, but only 1-3 otherwise.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Towner-Granville-Upham proved: they limited Surrey to a paltry 1.8 yards per carry. The team can thank Cole Peterschick for the heroic effort on defense: he. Towner-Granville-Upham didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 5.5.
Towner-Granville-Upham's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. That dominant display was truly a team effort as four different players picked up one apiece. They got some further help from Nox Wollenzien: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Towner-Granville-Upham moved to 3-4 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore], their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Everything went Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore]'s way against Towner-Granville-Upham when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Lewis & Clark [Berthold/Our Redeemer's Christian/North Shore] made off with a 46-24 victory. Do the Bombers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Titans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
