Football Preview: Lakeland Hawks vs. Post Falls Trojans
Lakeland is 1-8 against Post Falls since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lakeland Hawks will stay at home for another week and welcome the Post Falls Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Lakeland's defense has only allowed 10.2 points per game this season, so Post Falls' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Lakeland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Frenchtown, who was ranked first at the time (Lakeland was ranked 21st). Lakeland took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Frenchtown on Friday. That makes it the first time this season the Hawks have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Post Falls put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Eastmont by a score of 14-7. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked fourth in Idaho, while the Wildcats are ranked 45th in Washington), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Having lost for the first time this season, Lakeland fell to 3-1. As for Post Falls, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Lakeland was taken down by Post Falls 55-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Lakeland, Tevin Burns (who rushed for 222 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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