Two dominant signal callers in Jacob Dunning and Noah Howard are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Lamar Thunder are taking a road trip to challenge the Florence Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lamar is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31 points per game this season.
Lamar is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-14 win over Banning Lewis Academy. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Thunder.
Lamar found their leader in sophomore Dunning, who threw for 250 yards and six touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Dunning a new career-high in rushing yards (ten). Cael Buxton was Dunning's top target, picking up 89 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, a victory for Florence just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 36-14 to La Junta. The Huskies have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lamar's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Florence, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Lamar was taken down by Florence 53-12 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lamar was down 33-6.
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