On Saturday, Danbury faced Stryker in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Danbury Lakers took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 64-32 victory over the Stryker Panthers. The Lakers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 26 points or more this season.
Drake Turinsky continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 270 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 16.9 yards per carry. Those 270 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Tommy Dean was another key player, throwing for 175 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Danbury didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ayden Ayers and Taylor Monak. Monak also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Danbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 530 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win got Danbury back to even at 4-4. As for Stryker, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-7.
Danbury will welcome St. Joseph Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Danbury is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31 points per game this season. As for Stryker, they are taking a road trip to challenge Waldron at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Waldron also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 32.9 points per game.
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