The Lakeview Vikings will square off against the O'Neill Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after eight games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Lakeview proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 32) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pierce 21-19.
Meanwhile, O'Neill was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Scotus 37-7. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won six games by 22 points or more so far this season.
O'Neill's win came from a few key players Lakeview will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Braxen Eichelberger, who rushed for 152 yards and one touchdown on only ten carries, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Those 152 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Turner Heiss was another key player, rushing for 50 yards and a pair of TDs.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something O'Neill proved: they limited Scotus to a paltry 1.7 yards per carry. The team can thank Grady Welke for the heroic effort on defense: he. O'Neill didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 11.3.
O'Neill's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Welke was especially locked on to Scotus' QB and sacked him twice.
O'Neill's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Lakeview, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 8-0.
Lakeview strolled past O'Neill in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a score of 31-14. Will the Vikings repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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