After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Scottsbluff, Hastings was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They breezed by the Lexington Minutemen on the road to the tune of 45-7. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 38 points or more this season.
Tucker Synek was his usual excellent self, throwing for 160 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushing for 60 yards on only five carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (90 yards to be exact) went to Keithen Krings.
Hastings didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kooper Kohl and Royer De Loera. De Loera also made five total tackles, which is notable because Hastings is 4-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hastings was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
When it comes to explaining why Lexington lost, don't look at Cesar Cano. Despite the final result, he rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown. Cano didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles and defended two passes.
Hastings pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Lexington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Hastings will host Gering at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hastings is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.8 points per game this season. As for Lexington, they will head out to face off against McCook at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That match will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Cano and Tristan Campbell.
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