The Lincoln Prep Lightning are on the road again on Friday to play the Bagdad Sultans at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lincoln Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Superior, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Lincoln Prep was ranked tenth). Lincoln Prep came out on top against Superior by a score of 46-36 on Friday.
Parker Filleman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 80 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 124 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Finn Dilley, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bagdad). They breezed by Maryvale Prep on the road to the tune of 74-0 on Friday. Considering the Sultans have won four matches by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Thomas Rodriguez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 147 yards and three touchdowns. His longest rush was for an incredible 83 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ezrah Aguilar, who threw for 83 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bagdad was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 263.3.
Lincoln Prep's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Bagdad, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Lincoln Prep came up short against Bagdad in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, falling 38-28. Can Lincoln Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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