Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Plainview). They blew past the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Bears 55-34 on Friday. The Pirates pushed the score to 48-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bears cut but never quite recovered from.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Plainview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 280 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Plainview didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Braedon Kment led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Karter Lingenfelter also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 138.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Connor Korth, who rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns. Caleb Erwin was Korth's top target, picking up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Plainview's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Plainview will take on Stanton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,100 yards in their previous games. As for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, they will face off against Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Summerland [Clearwater/Ewing/Orchard] knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Laurel-Concord-Coleridge likes a good challenge.
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