The Sentinel Spartans will take on the Helena Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Sentinel is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 38-31 win over Butte on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Helena was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Flathead 47-13 on the road. With that win, the Bengals brought their scoring average up to 28.3 points per game.
Helena had a senior duo take command as Mac Lundstrom threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per attempt and Jaxan Lieberg picked up 152 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Lundstrom a new career-high in rushing yards. Trygve Braun was another key player, picking up 66 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Helena's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Alex Swenson.
The victory got Sentinel back to even at 3-3. As for Helena, their win bumped their record up to 2-4.
Sentinel ended up a good deal behind Helena in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, losing 28-14. Can Sentinel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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