After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Eureka, Tonopah was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 50-12 victory over the Pyramid Lake Lakers.
Tonopah found their leader in underclassman Dustin Otteson, who rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Drew Otteson, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tonopah was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 440 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
The win got Tonopah back to even at 1-1.
Tonopah will venture away from home to square off against Lone Pine at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Pyramid Lake, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on McDermitt at 7:00 p.m. on September 5th.
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