With a playoff game on the line, High Plains rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders , sneaking past 22-20. The win was familiar territory for the Storm who have now won four matches in a row.
The critical scores for High Plains came from Gage Friesen and Haden Helgoth.
Despite the loss, Lawrence-Nelson still got an impressive performance from Wyatt Frey, who rushed for 223 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
High Plains has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Lawrence-Nelson, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
High Plains will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Overton at 6:00 p.m. Overton is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.2 points per game this season. Lawrence-Nelson does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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