Pyramid Lake is 3-0 against Carlin since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pyramid Lake Lakers will challenge the Carlin Railroaders at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pyramid Lake will head into Thursday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 38-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against McDermitt last Thursday. Pyramid Lake's defense stepped up to hand McDermitt a 2-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Carlin faced Virginia City in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Carlin came out on top against Virginia City by a score of 28-20.
Carlin can attribute much of their success to Dylan Ramirez, who rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and Leo Krantz, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. That's the most rushing yards Ramirez has posted since back in September of 2023. Carlin also got a significant boost from Gage Lewis, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Carlin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 429 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Virginia City only rushed for 282.
The victory got Pyramid Lake back to even at 1-1. As for Carlin, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Everything came up roses for Pyramid Lake against Carlin in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as the squad secured a 58-20 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pyramid Lake since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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