The Tomahawk Hatchets will head out on the road to take on the Lakeland Thunderbirds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tomahawk's defense has only allowed 10.4 points per game this season, so Lakeland's offense will have their work cut out for them.
If Tomahawk beats Lakeland with 24 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Hatchets blew past Merrill 24-3 on Friday. The Hatchets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Lakeland lost to Wausau East on the road by a 24-10 margin on Saturday. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Lumberjacks recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
The win made it two in a row for Tomahawk and bumps their season record up to 7-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 17 points in those games. As for Lakeland, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Tomahawk and Lakeland were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, but Tomahawk came up empty-handed after a 7-6 defeat. Can the Hatchets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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