It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact East Lincoln can now relate to. They fell 38-28 to the Kings Mountain Mountaineers on Friday. The contest was a 21-21 toss-up at halftime, but the Mustangs couldn't quite close it out.
East Lincoln lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Grant Lawless, who threw for 260 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt. Lawless has been hot recently, having posted four or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Jackson Beam was Lawless' top target, picking up 137 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Josiah Hill was his usual excellent self, rushing for 182 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 30 receiving yards and two touchdowns for Kings Mountain. The dominant performance gave Hill a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was TJ Armstrong, who threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns.
East Lincoln's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-4. As for Kings Mountain, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-2.
East Lincoln does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Kings Mountain has also already played their next game, a 41-14 defeat against Robinson on the 22nd.
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