The Summerville Bears will take on the Linden Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Linden is hoping to do what Big Valley Christian couldn't on Friday: put an end to Summerville's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Summerville put the hurt on Big Valley Christian with a sharp 47-21 win. With the Bears ahead 37-14 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Linden had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 52.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They really took it to the Red Hawks for the full four quarters, racking up a 59-7 victory. The Lions pushed the score to 45-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Hawks had no chance of recovering from.
Linden got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Landen Ly out in front who rushed for 66 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Busalacchi, who gained 116 total yards and two touchdowns.
Summerville pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Linden, their win bumped their record up to an identical 8-1.
Everything came up roses for Summerville against Linden when the teams last played back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 57-6 victory. Will Summerville repeat their success, or does Linden have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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