It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lincoln can now relate to. They took a hard 53-34 fall against the Monterey Trail Mustangs on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Mustangs are ranked 135th).
Despite the loss, Lincoln still got an impressive performance from Jordin Thomas, who rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Thomas' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 116 rushing yards.
D'ADRIEN SANDERS continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Monterey Trail, rushing for 243 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. Those 243 rushing yards gave SANDERS a new career-high. Another player making a difference was ODIE JEFFERSON, who rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
This is the second loss in a row for Lincoln and nudges their season record down to 4-7. As for Monterey Trail, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-4.
Lincoln does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Monterey Trail, they will challenge Oak Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Monterey Trail is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.6 points per game this season.
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