The Camdenton Lakers will take on the Capital City Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Camdenton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Camdenton took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They strolled past Hickman with points to spare, taking the game 38-21. With that win, the Lakers brought their scoring average up to 26.1 points per game.
It was another big night for Karson Durnin, who threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Another pass catcher making a difference was Owen Borbe, who picked up 91 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Camdenton's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Paul Muff with two. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, Capital City earned a 21-14 victory over Smith-Cotton on Friday. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Tigers are ranked 148th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Camdenton now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Capital City, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
Camdenton couldn't quite finish off Capital City in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 and fell 38-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Capital City's Jaylen Thomas, who rushed for 184 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 34 receiving yards. Now that Camdenton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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