Lincoln East and Lincoln Southeast are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Lincoln East Spartans and the Lincoln Southeast Knights are set to duel on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lincoln East is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since October 13, 2023 on Friday. They put the hurt on Bryan with a sharp 28-8 victory. With the Spartans ahead 28-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
The critical scores for Lincoln East came from Huxton Katt, Sam Sutko, Landen Lingenfelter, and Cole Goodban.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Southeast had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 1-0 win over the Bunnies. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Bunnies are ranked 132nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Lincoln East and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Lincoln Southeast, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Lincoln East beat Lincoln Southeast 24-17 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Lincoln East repeat their success, or does Lincoln Southeast have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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