Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakes). They blew past the North Thurston Rams 56-14 at home on Friday. With the Lancers ahead 42-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Leading Lakes to victory were Willie Nash and Toetu Moliga. Nash threw for 302 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, while Moliga gained 195 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Moliga a new career-high in rushing yards. Exavier McChristian was in the mix as well, providing Lakes with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The victory for Lakes keeps them at an undefeated 4-0. As for North Thurston, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lakes will square off against River Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Lakes: 9.2, River Ridge: 12.5) so any points scored will be well earned. As for North Thurston, they will challenge Peninsula at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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