The Lincoln County Lions will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Whitefish Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Lincoln County is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Bonners Ferry. Lincoln County took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 39-6 win over Bonners Ferry. With the Lions ahead 26-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Rogan Lytle had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 185 yards and a touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes. His longest rush was for an impressive 50 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Josh Lambertsen, who gained 69 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lincoln County was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 495 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bonners Ferry only gained 138.
Meanwhile, Whitefish faced Hamilton in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Whitefish put the hurt on Hamilton with a sharp 27-7 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Bulldogs have posted against the Broncs since October 23, 2015.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Whitefish to victory, but perhaps none more so than Carson Gulick, who threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Curtis Thew was another key player, picking up 116 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Everything went Lincoln County's way against Whitefish when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Lincoln County made off with a 32-6 victory. Does Lincoln County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Whitefish turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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