The Long Reach Lightning will take on the Hammond Golden Bears in a holiday battle at at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing isn't great for Long Reach: they have been struggling with nine straight losses at home dating back to last season, while Hammond has snatched up 11 consecutive wins on the road also dating back to last season.
Long Reach is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Old Mill with a sharp 54-31 win on Saturday.
Hammond played in conference for the first time on Monday and they got just the result they we're looking for. They skirted past Atholton 44-42. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Golden Bears have posted since December 29, 2023.
The win got Long Reach back to even at 2-2. As for Hammond, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Long Reach was taken down by Hammond 47-10 in their previous matchup back in February. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Long Reach was down 39-3.
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