Football Recap: Metro-East Lutheran Knights vs. Blue Ridge/Christ Lutheran/DeLand-Weldon Knights
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Metro-East Lutheran). They blew past the Blue Ridge/Christ Lutheran/DeLand-Weldon Knights, posting a 74-28 win on the road. Metro-East Lutheran might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 22 points or more this season.
Leading Metro-East Lutheran to victory were Abe Oberhauser and Andrew Adams. Oberhauser rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while Adams gained 159 total yards and four touchdowns. Those 126 rushing yards gave Oberhauser a new career-high. Ian Skelton also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Metro-East Lutheran was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 391 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Metro-East Lutheran wouldn't let Blue Ridge/Christ Lutheran/DeLand-Weldon keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Lee Watson, Isaak Broekemeier, and Adams picked up one apiece. Adams also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Metro-East Lutheran is 3-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
The victory made it two in a row for Metro-East Lutheran and bumps their season record up to 4-4. As for Blue Ridge/Christ Lutheran/DeLand-Weldon, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.
Metro-East Lutheran will be playing at home against Schlarman at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The last four games Schlarman has played have been within three points, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. Blue Ridge/Christ Lutheran/DeLand-Weldon does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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